The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C T Wycherley

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Private Charles Thomas WYCHERLEY, G/4016,  2nd Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died by drowning, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 11th January 1918.

Born West Ham, Middlesex, son of *John & Emma Wycherley. *Died 1911.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 24.  Resided Linton, Kent. Formerly barman.

1911 Census - Emma Wycherley, Bull Inn, Coxheath, Linton, Maidstone, Kent - Emma Wycherley, widow, age 46, two children, both still alive, Public House Keeper, own account, born Linton, Kent; #Bertie Wycherley, son, age 22, single, fitter in steel works, worker, born Sherley, Hertfordshire; Charles Wycherley, son, age 20, single, whip in hunting kennels, worker, born Mile End Road, London.

2nd June 1916?, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 9th July 1916, admitted to Hospital, Malaria; 16th July 1916, discharged from Hospital to Duty; 23rd August 1916, appointed Acting Corporal; 20th October 1916, reverts to permanent grade Lance Corporal; 11th January 1917, admitted to Hospital, rheumatism; 14th February 1917, discharged from Hospital to Duty; 24th April 1917, reverts to Private at own request; 11th January 1918, reported presumed drowned (fell overboard 6 miles north of Suwairah, Mesopotamia).

Commemorated  at Basra Memorial, Panel 29, Iraq.

#Private Bertie Wenham Wycherley, 3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment, Service No.1998, died 3rd May 1915, age 27. Commemorated  Yprs (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 50, Belbium. Son of Emma Wycherley, of the Bell Inn, Linton, Maidstone, Kent.