The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C C Stanley

Private Colin Campbell STANLEY, G/13060, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died, (heatstroke), Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 12th July 1917, age 25.

1892 June born Gillingham, Kent, son of Thomas & *Esther Mahala Stanley. * died 1906 July, Gillingham, Kent.

1911 Census - 11 Duncan Road, Gillingham, Kent - Thomas Stanley, head, age 70, widower, old age pensioner, born Allhallows, Kent; Harry Robert Stanley, son, age 35, single, skilled labourer, Government Dockyard, born Gillingham, Kent; Colin Campbell Stanley, son, age 19, single, plumbers mate, gaslight company, born Gillingham, Kent.

20th November 1915, Registry Office Chatham, married Rose Batt, spinster, 36 Wellington Road, Gillingham, Kent / 66, Gillingham Road, Gillingham, Kent.

Children - Colin Charles Thomas Stanley, born 22nd September 1917, Gillingham, Kent.

Enlisted Gillingham, Kent, age 23 years & 9 months, height 5ft 9 inches, weight 140lbs, requires dental treatment. Resided 199 Shakespear Road, Gillingham, Kent / 2 Windsor Road, Gillingham, Kent. Formerly commercial clerk.

Home 9th December 1915 to 12th September 1916; BEF 13th September 1916 to 12th October 1916; Home 13th October 1916 to 7th February 1917; MEF 8th February 1917 to 12th July 1917.

9th December 1915, enlisted; 10th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 10th April 1916, mobilized; 12th April 1916, posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th September 1916, posted BEF; 13th September 1916, embarked; 13th September 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 29th September 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & joined Battalion, In the Field; 9th October 1916, wounded, gun shot wounds, shoulder & left arm & leg; 12th October 1916, transferred to England, per St George, ex 8 General Hospital, Rouen; 13th October 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th October 1916 to 7th December 1916, The County of Middlesex Hospital, Napsbury near St Albans, gun shot wounds, shoulder & left arm & leg; 16th December 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th February 1917, posted MEF & 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th February 1917, Devonport, embarked; 23rd May 1917, Busra, disembarked; 1st June 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; 12th July 1917, Baghdad, 16 Casualty Clearing Station, dangerously ill, heatstroke.

20th January 1918, date when Separation Allowance of 9/- a week & Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week payable to widow will cease.

21st January 1918, pension of 18/9 a week awarded to widow & one child.

Buried at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, VI. G. 7., Iraq.

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