The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A G Tree

Private Arthur George TREE, G/12082, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on or after 29th September 1916.

Born Chatham, Kent, son of Edward Robert & Ann Elizabeth Tree, 41 Chatham Hill, Chatham, Kent. Four brothers, three sisters.

1911 Census - 41 Chatham Hill, Chatham, Kent - Edward Robert Tree, head, age 49, married, greengrocer, own account, at home, born Gillingham, Kent; Ann Elizabeth Tree, wife, age 50, married 24 years, 11 children, 8 still alive, housewife, born Rochester, Kent; William Stephen Tree, son, age 22, single, labourer, general worker, born Chatham, Kent; Herbert Edward Tree, son, age 21, single, shipwright, Government Dockyard, worker, born Chatham, Kent; Arthur George Tree, son, age 19, single, labourer, general worker, born Chatham, Kent; Edward Robert Tree, son, age 12, school boy, born Chatham, Kent; Daisy Victoria Tree, daughter, age 10, school girl, born Chatham, Kent; Leonard Charles Tree, son, age 8, school boy, born Chatham, Kent; William Tree, father, age 72, widower, married 54 years, 6 children, 4 still alive, Pensioiner, Government Dockyard, born Sutton Valence, Kent; Lily May Tree, niece, age 15, single, at home, born Strood, Kent.

Enlisted Chatham. Kent, age 24 years & 28 days, height 5ft 4¾ inches, weight 125lbs, dental cavities, to see dentist for treatment, feet slightly flat. Resided 41 Chatham Hill, Chatham, Kent. Formerly greengrocer salesman.

Separation Allowance & Allotment of Pay 9/- a week payable to mother.

Home, 21st November 1915 to 2nd July 1916; BEF, 3rd July 1916 to 29th September 1916.

21st November 1915, enlisted; 22nd November 1915, to Army Reserve; 9th February 1916, mobilized; 10th February 1916, posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd July 1916, posted BEF; 4th July 1916, embarked; 5th July 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th July 1916, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th August 1916, wounded, gun shot wound, ear left and scalp; 20th August 1916, Etaples, No.1. Convalescent Camp, from 40 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples; 1st September 1916, proceeded to 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th September 1916, posted missing.

30th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Edward Robert Tree, 41 Chatham Hill, Chatham, Kent; Mother, Ann Tree, 41 Chatham Hill, Chatham, Kent; Brothers - William S Tree, age 31, Invergordon, Scotland; Herbert E Tree, age 30, 15 Burnt Oak Terrance, Gillingham; Edward R Tree, age 20, RASC, Winchester; Leonard C Tree, age 16, Ann Tree, 41 Chatham Hill, Chatham, Kent; Sisters - Francis M Tree, age 29, Academy Street, Tain, Scotland; Florence E Tree, age 23, Ann Tree, 41 Chatham Hill, Chatham, Kent; Daisy V Tree, age 18, Ann Tree, 41 Chatham Hill, Chatham, Kent.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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