The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E Booker

Photograph by "GeertB"

Private Ernest BOOKER, G/12728, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 54 Casualty Clearing Station, Flanders France, 17th January 1918, age 34.

Born Eynsford, Kent, son of Owen and Elizabeth Booker, of Railway Cottage, Heathwood Farm, Swanley Kent.

Enlisted 12th December 1915, Bromley Kent, age 31, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 144lbs, mole right thigh. Resided Railway Cottage, Heathwood Farm, Swanley Kent. Formerly labourer.

Home 12th December 1915 to 21st June 1916; BEF 22nd June 1916 to 25th July 1916; Home 26th July 1916 to 10th February 1917; BEF 11th February 1917 to 29th June 1917; Home 30th June 1917 to 17th December 1917; BEF 18th December 1917 to 17th January 1918.

12th December 1915, enlisted; 13th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 23rd March 1916, mobilized; 24th March 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd June 1916, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th June 1916, landed at 15 Infantry Base Depot; 8th July 1916, posted to 22nd Manchester Regiment; 15th July 1916,wounded; 16th July 1916, gun shot wound to shoulder, to England; 26th July 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd October 1916, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham; 22nd October 1916, Shoreham, absent off Church Parade at 8.15am, 4 days confined to Barracks; 23rd December 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th February 1917, posted BEF, embarked / disembarked; 6th March 1917, joined Battalion; 9th May 1917, wounded, JCT ankle; 4th June 1917, rejoined Battalion; 7th June 1917, 6 Field Ambulance, tonsillitis; 10th June 1917, 30 Casualty Clearing Station, P.U.O.; 14th June 1917, to Field Ambulance train; 15th June 1917, P.U.O. fever; 30th June 1917, transferred to England, ex 8 Rx Hospital; 30th June 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th July 1917 to 27th September 1917, Blackpool Military Hospital, trench fever; 27th September 1917 to 6th October 1917, furlough; 6th October 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, overstaying his sick furlough, deserted & struck off strength; 8th November 1917, Swanley Junction surrendered & rejoined from desertion, admonished & forfeits 35 days pay for absence; 18th December 1917, posted BEF; 19th December 1917, embarked / disembarked; 22nd December 1917, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & joined Battalion in the Field; 17th January 1918, 54 Casualty Clearing Station, wounded, gun shot wound to head.

8th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Owen Booker, Railway Cottage, Swanley; Mother, Elizabeth Booker, Railway Cottage, Swanley; Brothers - ??? Bonner, age 41, Birchwood, Swanley, Kent; Frederick Bonner, age 39, Birchwood, Swanley, Kent; Frank Bonner, age 36, Riuslip?, North Cray, Kent; ????Sidney Bonner, age 22, Railway Cottage, Swanley; Sisters - Edith Clark, age 32, Swanley Lane, Swanley; Lillian Jarvis, age 29, St ???? Road, Swanley; Ada? Bonner, age 28, Australia; Rose Bonner, age 20, Railway Cottage, Swanley; Ivy? Bonner, age 16, Railway Cottage, Swanley.

Buried at Merville Communal Cemetery Extension, III. B. 35. Nord, France.

This page was last updated on 16-Sep-2019.