The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E C Smith

Photograph by "International Wargraves Photography Project"

Private Edward Charles SMITH, G/24649, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 27th May 1917.

Born Hatch, Kent.

1909 September, Sevenoaks Registration District, Edward Charles Smith married Elizabeth Beard, born 19th April 1886.

Children - George Leonard Smith, born 27th March 1910.

1911 Census - Lodge Lane, Westerham, Kent - George Beard, head, age 63, widower. labourer, general, worker, born Blackham, Sussex; John Beard, son, age 33, single, drayman, brewery, worker, born Limpsfield, Surrey; Edward Charles Smith, son in law, age 30, married, drayman, brewery, worker, born Westerham, Kent; Elizabeth Smith, daughter, age 24, married 2 years, 1 child, still alive, born Westerham, Kent; George Leonard Smith, grandson, age 1, born Westerham, Kent.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent. Resided Westerham, Kent.

Guardian - Emily J Bowles.

Buried at Rookery British Cemetery, C. 27., Heninel, France.

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