The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E Springett

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Photograph by "International Wargraves Photography Project"

Private Edgar SPRINGETT, L/6490, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 18th April 1915.

Born Horsmonden, Kent.

1910 December Quarter, Tonbridge Registration District, Edgar Springett, married Maude Newing.

1911 Census - Cook House, Horsmonden, Kent - Stephen Springett, head, age 64, married, bricklayer, builder, worker, born Horsmonden, Kent; Barbara Ellen Springett, wife, age 65, married 46 years, 12 children, 3 still alive, born Ticehurst, Sussex; Edgar Springett, son, age 26, married, bricklayers labourer, builder, worker, born Horsmonden, Kent; *Maud Springett, son's wife, age 24, married under 1 year, born Canterbury, Kent. *born 21st May 1887.

Children - Rose Springett, born 13th September 1911; Frances Adelaide Springett,, born 9th July 1914.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent.

30th August 1914, posted BEF.

Buried at Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery,VII. L. 9., Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Commemorated Horsmonden War Memorial & at St Margaret's Church, Brick Kiln Lane, Horsmonden.

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