The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A Corbin


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Private Arthur CORBIN, G/17607, 6th  Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on or after, 21st September 1918, age 36.  

Born  Wimborne, Dorset, son of Thomas Augustus and Maria Jane Corbin, of Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset.

23rd January 1907, St Andrew, Cobham, Surrey, Arthur Corbin, age 25, bachelor, gardener, of Cobham, father Thomas Corbin, farmer, married Rose Weller, age 24, spinster, of The Lodge, Hatchford Park, Cobham, Surrey, father, Edward Weller, gardener.

Child - Beatrice Ivy Corbin, born 12th March 1908, Hatchford, Cobham.


1911 Census - The Lodge, Hatchford Park, Cobham, Surrey - Arthur Corbin, head, age 29, married, domestic gardener, born Wimborne, Dorset; Rose Corbin, wife, age 28, married 4 years, 1 child, born Cobham, Surrey; Beatrice Ivy Corbin, daughter, age 3, born Cobham, Surrey.


Enlisted Guildford, Surrey, age 34 years & 2 months, height 5ft 5½ inches, weight 147lbs. Formerly gardener. Resided The Lodge, Hatchford Park, Cobham, Surrey.

Home 18th November 1915 to 6th October 1916; BEF 7th October 1916 to 21st September 1918.

18th November 1915, enlisted; 19th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 3rd June 1916, mobilized; 4th June 1916, posted; 5th June 1916, posted Queens Regiment, Service No.13850; 1st September 1916, transferred to 97th Training Reserve, Service No.32387; 7th October 1916, posted BEF & transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th October 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th October 1917, attached 3rd A Rest Camp; 21st October 1917, rejoined Battalion; 8th December 1917 to 22nd December 1917, leave to England; 21st September 1918, wounded & missing.

27th August 1920, Statement of Relatives, completed by sister, Jane Cecilia Vardy - Widow, Rose Corbin, The Lodge, Hatchford Park, Cobham, Surrey; Child - Beatrice Ivy Corbin, born 12th March 1908, The Lodge, Hatchford Park, Cobham, Surrey; Father, deceased; Mother, deceased; Brothers - Edward Corbin, age 34, c/oMrs S? Cobb, Huntick? Farm, Lychett Maltravis, near Poole, Dorset; Walter Corbin, age 32, Scutts Farm, Lychett Maltravis, near Poole, Dorset; Jessie Corbin, age 43, Benendean? Farm, Oxshott, Surrey; Sisters - Jane Cecilia Vardy, age 49, Galpins Farm, Batcombe, Holywell, Dorset; Lily Fry, age 46, Scutts Farm, Lychett Maltravis, near Poole, Dorset; Alice Kate Corbin, age 36, White Colne, Curtis Road, Upper Parkstone, Dorset.

Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, II. D. 29., Vend'huile, Aisne, France.

AWARDS: MM


London Gazette 24th January 1919.

His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to award the Military Medal for bravery in the Field to the under mentioned Ladies, Non-Commissioned Officers and men:

17607 Pte. Corbin, A., 6th Bn. (Cobham).


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