The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private B Vincent

Private Bertrand VINCENT, G5447, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 26th September 1915.

Born Islington, Middlesex, son of Albert Ernest & Charlotte Jane Vincent, 32 Ferndale Road, Forest Gate, Essex. / 57 Dunbar Road, Forest Gate, Essex.

1911 Census - 75 Inniskilling Road, Plaistow, London E - Charlotte Jane Vincent, head, age 52, widow, married 21 years, 5 children, all still alive, nursing (monthly), worker, born Henley on Thames; Madeline Vincent, daughter, age 18, single, shorthand typist, soap & candle works, woeker, born Islington, London; Douglas Vincent, son, age 17, single, clerk, bedding office, worker, born Islington, London; Bertram Vincent, son, age 15, single, errand boy (unemployed), worker, born Islington, London; Harry Vincent, son, age 13, school, born Islington, London; Harriett Crowhurst, visitor, age 55, single, domestic servant, cook, worker, born Dartford, Kent.

Enlisted Stratford, E, age 19, height 5ft 3⅞ inches, weight 114lbs, mole back of neck, scar on nose, Resided 32 Ferndale Road, Forest Gate, Essex. Formerly general casual labourer.

Home, 13th January 1915 to 29th August 1915; BEF, 30th August 1915 to 26th September 1915.

13th January 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 20th January 1915, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th April 1915, Redhill, not complying with an order, 4 days confined to Barracks; 30th August 1915, posted BEF; 26th September 1915, posted missing.

14th June 1920, Statement of Relatives - Father, Albert Ernest Vincent (deceased); Mother, Charlotte Jane Vincent, 57 Dunbar Road, Forest Gate, Essex; Brothers - Douglas Vincent, age 26, 57 Dunbar Road, Forest Gate, Essex; Harry Vincent, killed in action 1917; Sisters - Madeline Fuller, age 27, 57 Dunbar Road, Forest Gate, Essex.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, Pas de Calais, France.

Private Harry Vincent, 4th Battalion, Essex Regiment, Service No.200639. died 27th March 1917, age 19.

Commemorated Jerusalem Memorial, Panel 32 to 38, (Jerusalem Cemetery), Israel & Palestine.

This page was last updated on 26-Dec-2022.