The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E Voce

Private Edward VOCE, G/20040, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 26th October 1917.

1889, born Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, son of John Voce.

25th December 1909, All Souls Church, Nottingham, Edward Voce, age 20, bachelor, carter, 14 Sydenham Street, 1 Wooleys Yard, father John Voce, labourer, married Harriet Foster, age 22, spinster, 14 Sydenham Street, 1 Wooleys Yard, father John William Forster (deceased), labourer.

1911 Census - 10 Hope Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire - Edsward Hater, head, age 31, married, miner, hewer, worker, born Dale Abbey, Derbyshire; Annie Hater, wife, age 32, married 9 years, 1 child still alive, born Radford, Nottinghamshire; Joseph Edward Hater, son, age 8, born Radford, Nottinghamshire; Edward Voce, Relative, age 21, carter, married 1 year, 1 child, still alive, born Radford, Nottinghamshire.

Children - Elsie May Voce, born 14th April 1910, Nottingham;

1911 Census - 14 Sydenham Street, Nottinghamshire - Sarah Foster, head, age 53, widow, married 33 years, 14 children, 10 still alive, at home, born Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire; William Foster, son, age 29, single, carter, builder, worker, born Radford, Nottinghamshire; Samuel Foster, daughter, age 27, single, carter, builder, worker, born Radford, Nottinghamshire; Harriet Voce, daughter, age 23, married 1 year, 1 child, still alive, operative, cigar maker, worker, born Radford, Nottinghamshire; Edith Foster, daughter, age 21, single, tobacco factory hand, worker, born Radford, Nottinghamshire; Arthur Foster, son, age 17, single, labourer, builder, worker, born Radford, Nottinghamshire; Elsie Foster, daughter, age 15, single, tobacco factory, Tobacco Manufacturer, worker, born Hyson Green, Nottinghamshire; Elsie Voce, grandaughter, age 1, born Radford, Nottinghamshire.

Children - William Arthur Voce, born 6th June 1912, Nottingham; George Henry Voce, born 20th December 1914, Nottingham (died age 2, 1917 June, Nottingham Registration District).

Enlisted Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, age 26 years & 3 months, weight 139lbs, height 5ft 7¾ inches. Resided 14 Dulwich Road, Radford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire / 91 St Peters Street, Radford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Formerly dray man.

Home 8th December 1915 to 11th October 1917; BEF 12th October 1917 to 26th October 1917.

8th December 1915, enlisted; 9th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 5th April 1917, mobilized;

9th April 1917, joined No.3. Depot, General Service Cavalry, Service No.33662; 13th April 1917, posted 3rd Reserve Regiment, General Service Cavalry; 25th August 1917, transferred to 5th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, Service No.G/59200; 12th October 1917, posted BEF; 13th October 1917, joined Infantry Base Depot, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 14th October 1917, Etaples, 39 Infantry Base Depot, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th October 1917, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th October 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; 26th October 1917, posted missing.

23rd June 1918, date when Separation Allowance of 24/6 a week payable to wife, will cease.

24th June 1918, pension of 25/5 awarded to widow & two children.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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