The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A C Terry

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Private Arthur Charles TERRY, G/60, (General Service, Service No.9192)6th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 2nd August 1915.

Born Sevenoaks, Kent, son of Charles Terry.

1911 Census - 5 Stone Ville Cottages, Hartslands Road, Sandy Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent - Charles Terry, head, age 48, married, coachman, cab proprietor, worker, born, Sevenoaks, Kent; Elizabeth Terry, wife, age 49, married 24 years, 4 children, all still alive, born, Sevenoaks, Kent; Ellen Terry, daughter, age 18, single, housemaid domestic, boarding school, worker, born, Sevenoaks, Kent; Arthur Terry, son, age 15, single, paper boy, Smith & Sons, worker, born, Sevenoaks, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 19 years & 121 days, height 5ft 6½ inches, weight 112lbs, fresh complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, scar above right buttock. Resided 5 Stoneville Cottages, Harland / Hartsland Road, Sevenoaks, Kent. Formerly gardener.

Home 10th August 1914 to 31st May 915; BEF 1st June 1915 to 2nd August 1915.

10th August 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th August 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st June 1915, posted BEF.

26th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Charles Terry, 5 Stoneville Cottages, Harland Road, Sevenoaks, Kent; Stepmother, Elizabeth Terry, 5 Stoneville Cottages, Harland Road, Sevenoaks, Kent; Brothers - William Terry, married, age 30, 781 Harrow Road, Collage Park, Willesden, NW; Sisters - Nellie Terry, single, age 24, The Durrant, Mount Harry Road; Annie Terry, married, age 31, Laburnham Terrace, The Weald, Sevenoaks.

Buried at Poelcapelle British Cemetery, LVI. D. 1., Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-V., Belgium.  Commemorated Sevenoaks War Memorial.