The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E C Rey

Private Eric Cecil REY, 204241, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 1474, Hampshire Regiment), died of wounds, Flanders France, 11th October 1918, age 19.

Born Ilfracombe, Devon, son of Peter and Mary Rey, of 11, Edge Hill Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire.

1911 Census - 11, Edge Hill Road, Winton, Bournemouth, Hampshire - Peter Rey, head, age 40, married, Post Office Clerk, worker, born Cardiff; Mary Rey, wife, age 35, married 14 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Cardiff; Eric Rey, son, age 11, school, born Ilfracombe; Leonard Rey, son, age 8, school, born Ilfracombe.

Enlisted Southampton, Hampshire. Resided Bournemouth, Hampshire.

Buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, XXX. B. 6., Belgium.

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