The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C D Whitehead

Private Charles Daniel WHITEHEAD, G/16025, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 9th April 1917.

29th October 1899, Bromley, Kent, married Rose Caroline Smith, spinster.

Children - Elizabeth Mary Whitehead, born 4th August 1902, Bromley, Kent; Harold Andrew Whitehead, born 2nd September 1903, Bromley; Charles Daniel Whitehead, born 9th December 1904, Bromley, Kent; Bert Whitehead, born 1st April 1907, Bromley, Kent; Arthur Whitehead, born 2nd September 1910, Bromley, Kent;

1911 Census - 17 Bloomfield Road, Bromley Common, Bromley, Kent. - Charles Daniel Whitehead, head, age 34, married, general carman, building, worker, born Bromley, Kent; Caroline Rose Whitehead, wife, age 34, married 11 years, 7 children, 6 still alive, born Bromley, Kent; Charles Sidney John Whitehead, son, age 11, born Bromley, Kent; Elizabeth Mary Whitehead, daughter, age 8, born Bromley, Kent; Harold Andrew Whitehead, son, age 7, born Bromley, Kent; Charles Daniel Whitehead, son, age 6, born Bromley, Kent; Bert Whitehead, son, age 4, born Bromley, Kent; Arthur Whitehead, son, age 7 months, born Bromley, Kent.

Children - Rose Whitehead, born 2nd October 1913, Bromley, Kent.

Home 12th December 1915 to 7th December 1916; BEF 8th December 1916 to 9th April 1917.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 39 years & 2 months, height 5ft 7¾ inches, weight 137lbs. Resided 13 Bloomfield Road, Bromley, Kent.

12th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 17th June 1916, mobilized; 19th June 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th November 1916, Fort Horsted, overstaying his pass from midnight until 6.00pm 29th November 1916, deprived 3 days pay, forfeits 3 days pay; 8th December 1916, posted BEF; 8th December 1916, embarked / disembarked; 31st December 1916, joined Battalion, "C" Company, In the Field; 9th April 1917, posted missing.

9th December 1917, date when Separation Allowance of 32/6 a week and Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week, will cease.

10th December 1917, pension of 33/9 a week awarded to widow & six children.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, Pas de Calais, France / Bromley War Memorial.

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