The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F C Rhodes

Private Frederick Colin RHODES, G/9848, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on or after, 21st March 1918.

Born Walthamstow, Essex, son of Henry Colin and Edith Rhodes, of 32, Meadow Road, Shortlands, Bromley, Kent.

1911 Census - 41 Bromley Gardens, Shortlands, Kent - Henry Colin Rhodes, head, age 48, widower, 7 children, 5 still alive, joiner, shop fitter, worker, born Ombersley, Worcestershire; Helen Maria Rhodes, sister, age 55, single, born Ombersley, Worcestershire; Dorothy Helen Rhodes, daughter, age 17, single, dressmaker, Costumier, worker, born Walthamstow, Essex; Edith Mary Rhodes, daughter, age 14, school, Walthamstow, Essex; Frederick Colin Rhodes, son, age 13, school, Walthamstow, Essex; Olive Charlotte Rhodes, daughter, age 11, school, Walthamstow, Essex; Laurence Henry Rhodes, son, age 7, born Bromley, Kent.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 19, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 117lbs. Resided Shortlands, Kent. Formerly clerk.

Home, 29th August 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF, 3rd May 1916 to 17th September 1916; Home, 18th September 1916 to 11th January 1917; BEF, 12th January 1917 to 8th March 1917; Home, 9th March 1917 to 13th June 1917; BEF, 14th June 1917 to 4th August 1917; Home, 5th August 1917 to 11th March 1918; BEF, 12th March 1918 to 21st March 1918.

29th August 1915 enlisted; 30th August 1915, Bromley Railway Station, 11.21am train to Catford, arriving 11.45am, please send a Sergeant to meet him; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF; 15th September 1916, wounded in action; 18th September 1916, gun shot wounds, neck & both arms to England ex 12th General Hospital, Rouen; 19th September 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th September 1916 to 20th September 1916, Cosham Hospital, shrapnel wounds; 20th September 1916 to 5th October 1916, St Johns Fareham, shrapnel wounds; 5th October 1916 to 16th October 1916, Furlough from Hospital, address on leave 32, Meadow Road, Bromley, Kent; 16th October 1916, posted Eastern Command Depot; 9th December 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th January 1917, posted BEF; 13th January 1917, embarked; 13th January 1917, disembarked; 15th January 1917, joined Battalion "D" Company, In the Field; 3rd February 1917, Treport, 6th General Hospital; 9th February 1917, Etaples, 1st Canadian General Hospital; 7th March 1917, to England; 9th March 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th March 1917 to 24th March 1917, London Hospital, Trench Feet; 24th March 1917 to 19th May 1917, Eastbourne Convalescent Hospital, Trench Feet; 14th June 1917, posted BEF; 31st July 1917, wounded in action; 2nd August 1917, Calais, 35 General Hospital, gun shot wounds, both thighs; 5th August 1917, transferred to England; 5th August 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th August 1917 to 15th November 1917, Southwark Military Hospital, gun shot wounds, left elbow, left & right hips?, severe; 15th November 1917 to 26th November 1917, Furlough from Southwark Military Hospital, address on leave 32, Meadow Road, Bromley, Kent; 27th November 1917 to 21st February 1918, Irish Command Depot, Tipperary; 23rd February 1918, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th March 1918, posted BEF; 12th March 1918, "J" Infantry Base Depot; 15th March 1918, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th March 1918, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st March 1918, reported missing.

11th November 1918, Pte F C Rhodes, 9848, 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, on German Official List of the Dead, disc provided.

23rd December 1918, date when Separation Allowance of 5/2 a week payable to father will cease.

15th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Henry Colin Rhodes, 32, Meadow Road, Shortlands, Kent; Mother, deceased; Brothers - Laurence Henry, age 15, 32, Meadow Road, Shortlands, Kent; Sisters - Dorothy Helen, age 25, 32, Meadow Road, Shortlands, Kent; Edith Mary, age 22, 32, Meadow Road, Shortlands, Kent; Olive Charlotte, age 19, 32, Meadow Road, Shortlands, Kent; Uncles / Aunts - Frederic Allan Rhodes, age 61, Worcester; Frank Rhodes, age 58, Walthamstow; Helen M Rhodes, age 63, Shortlands; Emma May, age 66, Worcestershire.

Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Panel 58 and 59, France / Bromley War Memorial.

This page was last updated on 25-Aug-2021.