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Private E G Tolhurst

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Private Edmund George TOLHURST, G/4897, 1st Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 7th April 1916.

Born Langley, Kent, son of James & Leah Tolhurst, Langley Park Cottages, Langley, Nr Maidstone, Kent.

2nd October 1887, Langley, Kent baptism of Edmund George Tolhurst, son of James & Leah Tolhurst.

1911 Census - Park Yard, Langley, Kent - James Tolhurst, head, age 45, married, farm labour, farming, worker, born Langley, Maidstone, Kent; Leah Tolhurst, wife, age 44, married 24 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Langley, Maidstone, Kent; Edmund George Tolhurst, son, age 23, single, farm labour, worker, born Langley, Maidstone, Kent; Alice Mary Tolhurst, daughter, age 20, single, domestic servant, worker, born Bexley, Kent; Fanny Amelia Tolhurst, daughter, age 17, single, field worker, worker, born Chart Sutton, Kent; Charles James Tolhurst, son, age 11, school, born Langley, Maidstone, Kent; Edith Ellen Tolhurst, daughter, age 5, school, born Canterbury, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 27, height 5ft 7½ inches, weight 154lbs, slight facial paralysis right, history of otorrhoea, membrane normal. Resided Langley Park Cottages, Langley, Nr Maidstone, Kent. Formerly carter.

 9th December 1914, enlisted; 10th December 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd April 1915, 5 Infantry Base Depot; 25th April 1915, joined Battalion, "C" Company, In the Field;

Buried at Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, I. A. 16., Arras, Pas de Calais, France.