The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A Hemsley

Private Albert HEMSLEY, G/6272, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, Salonika, Greece, death presumed on or after, 23rd September 1916, age 25.

Born Yokell, Hertfordshire, son of William John & Mary Hemsley, Church Farm, Cooling near Sittingbourne, Kent / Felling Pitts, Beltring, Paddock Wood, Kent.

1911 Census - Felling Pitts, Beltring, Paddock Wood, Kent - William John Hemsley, head, age 48, married, farm labourer, born Speldhurst, Kent; Mary Hemsley, wife, age 46, married, 19 years, 8 children, 3 still alive, born Pembrook, Wales; Albert Hemsley, son, age 18, single, farm labourer, born New Town, Hertfordshire; Amos Hemsley, son, age 9, born Sandwich, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 22 years & 300 days, height 5ft 9 inches, weight 144lbs. Resided 2 Orchard Cottage, Beltring, Paddock Wood, Kent. Formerly labourer.

20th April 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th April 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th September 1915, posted Indian Expeditionary Force, & 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th September 1915, embarked; 15th October 1915, Salonika, attached 7th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, (No. 7/28486, Civil Occupation Group; 15th December 1915, to Hospital, Balkans, septic toe & heel, frostbite feet; 31st March 1916, rejoined Battalion; 23rd September 1916, wounded & missing; 3rd November 1916, transfer to Royal Dublin Fusiliers proposed; 12th April 1917 now believed killed; 24th August 1917, death accepted as having occurred on 23rd September 1916.

Sole Legatee (friend) - Mrs Lily Watts (formerly Miss Lily Startup), Silver Birch Cottage, Bishopsdale, Biddenden, Kent.

Commemorated at Doiran Memorial, Greece.

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