Private Alfred Thomas WEBSTER, 20971, 2nd / 5th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of broncho pneumonia, in the Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich, 10th March 1916.

Son of Armigal & Sarah Webster, 5 Park Row, Aylesford, Kent.

1853, Aylesford, Kent, baptism of Alfred Thomas Webster, son of Armigal & Sarah Webster.

1911 Census - Park Row, Aylesford, Kent - Sarah Sophia Webster, head, age 76. widow, married 59 years, 15 children, 6 still alive, born Ditton, Kent; Alfred Thomas Webster, son, age 56, married, labourer, farm, worker, born Aylesford, Kent; Frederick Webster, son, age 48, married farm, worker, born Aylesford, Kent; Jesse Walter Webster, son, age 18, single, gardener, domestic, gardening, worker, born Limehouse, London.

Previously served 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 48. Resided 5 Park Row, Aylesford, Kent.

Home 11th November 1914 to 10th March 1916.

11th November 1914, enlisted and posted National Reserve Guards, 3598 / 5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

15th March 1916 - Report of a Death of a Soldier to be forwarded to The War Office immediately after the date of Death - Private Alfred Webster, 2nd / 5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment;  date & place of birth, not known; Trade or Calling, crane diver; Enlisted 11th November 1914, Maidstone; died 10th March 1916, Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich, broncho pneumonia; Will, not known; entitled to medals, no; Widower; son a Soldier, serving in Jubbulpore, India, 4th Battalion,  Royal West Kent Regiment, Station not known; son in India, address not known, next of kin on E514 was his mother who died a ??????; Brother a Corporal in Supply Company stationed at Lewisham?

13th July 1920, Next of Kin - Pte Jesse Webster, 4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Service No.2246 / Jesse Walter Webster, The Bungalow, Knights Place, Rochester.

Commemorated at Greenwich Cemetery, Screen Wall. 3 "C." A. 23, London.

NOTE: this soldier does not appear in the Regimental History Roll of Honour or in Soldiers Died in the Great War; but he is included on the CWGC web site.

14th March 1916, 2.00pm, Tuesday burial carried out by Military at Woolwich.

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