The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private B J Rackham

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Private Benjamin John RACKHAM, 204141, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died, 29th January 1921.

1879, Born Parham, Suffolk, son of Benjamin & Betty, Rackham.

30th July 1904, Holy Trinity, Blackheath, Benjamin John Rackham, age 25, bachelor, machine man, 27 Tower Hamlets Road, Walthamstow, father, Benjamin Rackham, reed? layer, married Sarah Jane Rayment, age 30, spinster, Holy Trinity Vicarage, Blackheath, father, William Rayment, gardener.

Children - Violet May Rackham, born 10th December 1905, baptised 14th January 1906, Holy Trinity, Blackheath, daughter of Benjamin John, (machine man) & Sarah Jane Rackham, 69 Goodall Road, Leyton; Clifford John Rackham, born 1910;

1911 Census - Rectory Cottage, Frating, Essex - Benjamin John Rackham, head, age 32 married 7 years, 4 children, all still alive, gardener, Rectory, born Parham, Suffolk,.

1911 Census - Church Cottages, Frating, Essex - Ernest W Chinnery, head, age 26, married, horse man on farm, worker, born Tenderning, Essex; Clara Marry Chinnery, wife, age 27, married 2 years, no children, born Elmstead Heath, Essex; Violet Rackham, boarder, age 5, born Leyton; Vera Rackham, boarder, age 4, born Leyton.

1911 Census - 75 Maidenstone Hill, Greenwich SE - William Rayment, head, age 62, married, gardener, worker, born Cooling, Suffolk; Elizabeth Rayment, wife, age 59, married 37 years, 11 children, 9 still alive, born Whatley? Somerseytshire; Harry Rayment, son, age 28, single, stationary engine driver, fire engineer, worker, born 20 Regent Street, Lewisham; Beatrice Rayment, daughter, age 26, single, dressmaker, worker, born 20 Regent Street, Lewisham; Sydney Rayment, son, age 24, single, printers labourer, worker, born 20 Regent Street, Lewisham; Reginal Rayment, son, age 18, single, wire worker, born 20 Regent Street, Lewisham; Theodore Rayment, son, age 15, single, apprentice electrical work, born 20 Regent Street, Lewisham; Sarah Rackham, daughter, age 36, married 5 years, 1 child, still alive, born 3 The Grove, Belmont Hill, Lee?; *Clifford Rackham, grandson, age 6 months, born The Cottage, Fraten Rectory, near Colchester, Essex. *died 1911 Tendring, Essex.

Children - Eric George Rackham, born 1912., Tendring, Essex Registration District.

24th June 1916, enlisted; 17th March 1919, discharged age 40, as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Served Overseas. Silver War Badge issued.

Buried at St Stephens-by Saltash (St Stephen) Churchyard, 1153., Cornwall, United Kingdom.

NOTE: Not included in Regimental History, or Soldiers Died in the Great War; but shown on CWGC web site.

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