The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C E Hobden

Private Charles Edward HOBDEN, G/163, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 8th October 1915.

1894, born Tonbridge, Kent, son of Frederick & Sarah Hobden.

1911 Census - 75 Priory Road, Tonbridge, Kent - Frederick Hobden, head, age 42, married, general labourer, worker, born Capel, Kent; Sarah Hobden, wife, age 44, married 20 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Tunbridge, Kent; Edith Hobden, daughter, age 19, single, colar machine worker in laundry, worker, born Tunbridge, Kent; Charles Hobden, son, age 17, single, bakers boy, worker, born Tunbridge, Kent; Frederick Hobden, son, age 12, school, born Tunbridge, Kent; Eva Hobden, daughter, age 10, school, born Tunbridge, Kent; Ernest Hobden, son, age 7, born Tunbridge, Kent; Reginald Hobden, son, age 4, born Tunbridge, Kent.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent. Resided 75 Priory Road, Tonbridge, Kent.

1st June 1915, posted BEF.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, France & on Tonbridge War Memorial.

Commemorated on Tonbridge War Memorial - Tonbridge War Memorial - The original World War I memorial at the Junction of Pembury Road and Quarry Hill. The names were later re-inscribed in the new Memorial Garden in Bradford Street.

From Tonbridge History - Charles Edward Hobden was born in Tonbridge in 1894, the son of Frederick and Sarah. He was living at 75 Priory Road and was a bakers’ boy before joining the Royal West Kent Regiment 6th Battalion. He entered France on 1st June 1915 as Private G/163. He was killed in action on 8th October 1915 and is remembered on Loos memorial.

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