The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A J Pay

Parents grave in St John the Evangelist Churchyard, Kingsdown, Kent.

Photograph by "Edward Smith"

Private Arthur John PAY, G/29681, "A" Company, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 2nd July 1918, age 19.

Born Kingsdown, Kent, son of the late James & Ann Elizabeth Pay, of Kingsdown, Deal, Kent.

1911 Census - 8 South Road, Kingsdown, Deal, Kent - James Pay, head, age 55, married, mariner, own account, at home, born St Margaret at Cliife, Kent; Ann Elizabeth Pay, wife, age 47, married 19 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Kingsdown, Kent; Hilda Annie Pay, daughter, age 16, single, apprentice dressmaker, worker, born Kingsdown, Kent; *James Henry Pay, son, age 14, school, born Kingsdown, Kent; Arthur John Pay, son, age 11, school, born Kingsdown, Kent; Ethel Maud Pay, daughter, age 9, school, born Kingsdown, Kent.

Enlisted Canterbury, Kent.

Buried at Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, I. A. 6., Albert, France. Commemorated on War Memorial, in St John the Evangelist Church, Kingsdown, Kent.

*Lance Corporal James Henry Pay, "A" Company, 10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, Service No.12138, died on or after, 13th October 1915, France, age 19.

Enlisted Cheltenham; 9th August 1915, posted BEF

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 60 to 64, France. Son of Mr & Mrs James Pay, 8 South Road, Kingsdown, Deal, Kent.

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