The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C R Osborne

Photograph by "International War Graves Photography Project"

Private Charles Robert OSBORNE, G/908, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 5th September 1915, age 19.

Born Dublin, Ireland, son of Charles Robert and Clara Osborne, 49, Bower Lane, Maidstone, Kent.

1911 Census - 5 Arundel Street, Maidstone, Kent - Charles Osborne, head, age 41, married, caretaker, Army Pensioner, Maidstone Education Committee, worker, born Maidstone, Kent; Clara Osborne, wife, age 37, married 18 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Maidstone, Kent; Charles Osborne, son, age 14, errand boy, printing works, worker, born Dublin, Ireland; Henry Osborne, son, age 9, school, born born Maidstone, Kent; Leonard Osborne, son, age 2 months, born born Maidstone, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 19, years & 60 days, height 5ft 6½ inches, weight 122lbs. Resided 18 King Street, Maidstone, Kent. Formerly printer.

Home 3rd September 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF 1st June 1915 to 5th September 1915.

3rd September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th September 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st June 1915, posted BEF.

Buried at Poelcapelle British Cemetery, LVI. D. 4., Belgium.

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