The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte A Abnett

Private Alfred ABNETT, L/7748, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 18th April 1915.

Born Maidstone, Kent, enlisted Maidstone, Kent.

Married Emma J Thornington, 1909, March Quarter, Maidstone District.

1911 Census - 61 Kingsley Road, Maidstone, Kent - Alfred Abnett, head, age 26, married, labourer A O Department, born Maidstone, Kent; Emma Abnett, wife, age 22, married 2 years, 1 child born alive, no children living, born Maidstone, Kent; Emma Jane Fincy, mother in law, age 58, widow, born Devonshire; Laura Emma Fincher, sister in law, age 34, married 11 years, 4 children all alive, born Maidstone, Kent; Herbert George James Fincher, nephew, age, 10, school, born Maidstone, Kent; Doris Eva Agnes Fincher, niece, age 8, school, born Maidstone, Kent; Archie William Fincher, nephew, age 6, school, born Maidstone, Kent; Ivy May Fincher, niece, age 4, born Maidstone, Kent; Charles Henry Thornington, brother in law, age 15, clerk, National Telephone Company, born Maidstone, Kent.

17th October 1928, widow Emma J Abnett in Ottawa, Canada.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47.Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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