The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E E Smith

Private Ernest Edmund / Edmond SMITH, S/1011, 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 7th October 1916.

Born Southfleet, Kent, son of Edmond & Alma Smith, 4 Cooks Cottages, Red Street, Southfleet, Kent.

1911 Census - 4 Cooks Cottages, Red Street, Southfleet, Kent - Edmond Smith, head, age 60, married, farm labourer, worker, born Northfleet, Kent; Alma Smith, wife, age 55, married 34 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Hartley, Kent; Ernest Smith, son, age 20, single, farm labourer, worker, born Northfleet, Kent; Louis Smith, son, age 12, school, born Southfleet, Kent; Ruby Smith, grandaughter, age 3, born Southfleet, Kent; Henry Bratton, boarder, age 60, single, farm labourer, worker, born Hartley, Kent.

Brother - L F H Smith, Royal Navy, HMS Powerful, (Training Ship).

Previously served in R.G.A.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 24 years & 141 days, height 5ft 9 inches, weight 147lbs, blue eyes, brown hair, linear scar centre back of head, scar near right hip. Formerly farm labourer.

Home, 28th September 1914 to 6th December 1914; BEF, 7th December 1914 to 7th October 1916.

28th September 1914, enlisted; 29th September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th November 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th December 1914, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th August 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France / Southfleet Memorial Cottage.

This page was last updated on 19-Feb-2022.