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Private C E Stevens

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Private Charles Edward STEVENS, G/19177, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 21st March 1918.

Born Barming near Maidstone, Kent, son of Edward & Rose Stevens.

30th September 1888, Barming, Kent, baptism of Charles Edward Stevens, son of Edward & Rose Stevens.

29th February 1908, Hartfied, Sussex, Charles Edward Stevens, married Alice Wheatley, spinster, born 18th September 1889.

Children - Alice Cicilia Stevens, born 11th November 1908; Emily Rose Stevens, born 15th November 1910;  

1911 Census - 38 Granville Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Charles Edward Stevens, head, age 23, married, bill poster, worker, born Barming, County of Kent; Alice Stevens, wife, age 22, married 3 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Hartfield, Kent; Alice Cecelia Stevens, daughter, age 2½, born Tunbridge Wells, County of Kent; Emily Rose Stevens, daughter, age 4 months, born Tunbridge Wells, County of Kent;

Etenel? Milton, boarder, age 22, married, engine cleaner, worker, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Rose Milton, boarder, age 19, married, 1 child, still alive, born Bristol, Somerset; Velda Milton, daughter, age 7 months, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent;

Albert Richardson, boarder, age 21, married,  groom, worker, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Ada Richardson, boarder, age 22, married, 1 child, still alive,born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Winifred May Richardson, daughter, age 4 months, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Children - Caroline Annie Stevens, born 13th January 1914.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent, 27 years & 4 months, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 9 stone. Resided 23 Upper Street, Denny Bottom, Tunbridge Wells, Kent / Whitre House Farm, Colmans Hatch, Sussex / 84 Silverdale Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Formerly carpenter.

Home 29th December 1914 to 3rd January 1917; BEF 4th January 1917 to 30th July 1917; Home 31st July 1917 to 11th March 1918; BEF 12th March 1918 to 21st March 1918.

29th December 1914, enlisted & posted Kent Cyclist (Reserve) Battalion; 29th December 1914, posted 2/1 Kent Cyclist (Reserve) Battalion; 11th October 1915 to 16th October 1915, Hospital, influenza; 27th November 1915, posted 1/1 Kent Cyclist (Reserve) Battalion; 11th December 1915, posted 2/1 Kent Cyclist (Reserve) Battalion; 15th February 1916, Medical Board, disability, chronic bronchitis, fit for Home Service only, or work as a clerk, storeman etc; 25th February 1916, posted 9th Provisional Cyclist Battalion; 20th April 1916, posted 3/1 Kent Cyclist (Reserve) Battalion; 27th May 1916, posted 2/1 Kent Cyclist (Reserve) Battalion; 18th October 1916, appointed unpaid Action Lance Corporal; 3rd January 1917, embarked / disembarked; 4th January 1917, posted Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th February 1917, joined 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 26th July 1917, wounded; 30th July 1917, to England, gun shot wound, right leg; 31st July 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st July 1917 to 18th September 1917, Bath War Hospital, wound right leg, face and right hand; 18th September 1917 to 27th September 1917, furlough from Bath War Hospital; 28th September 1917 to 25th February 1918, Eastern Command Depot; 26th February 1918, posted Lance Corporal, 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th March 1918, reverts to permanent rank of Private on proceeding overseas to BEF; 12th March 1918, Infantry Base Depot "J"; 15th March 1918, embarked; 15th March 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th March 1918, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st March / 28th March 1918, missing.

22nd December 1918, date when Separation Allowance of £1 8s will cease.

23rd December 1918, pension of 29/7 a week warded to widow & three children.

2nd June 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Alice Stevens, 84 Silverdale Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Children - Cissie Stevens, 11th November 1909, 84 Silverdale Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Emily Stevens, 15th November 1911, 84 Silverdale Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Caroline Stevens, 13th January 1914, 84 Silverdale Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Father, Charles Edward Stevens, died since the above. deceased; Mother, Rosaline Stevens, No.8. Granville Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Brothers - Harry Stevens, age 24, No.8. Granville Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Sisters - None; Grandparents, none; Nephews / Nieces, none; Uncles / Aunts, none.

Buried at Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension, 1. J. 12., France. Commemorated Tunbridge Wells War Memorial / Rusthall War Memorial.