The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F French


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Private Frederick FRENCH, G/14711, 6th  Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 9.45pm, 16th September 1918, 1st London General Hospital, Camberwell, age 40 years & 10 months. 

Born East Hoathley, Sussex, son of Frederick & Mary Jane French, of Little Horsted, Sussex.


1911 Census - High Cross Cottage, Little Horsted, Uckfield, Sussex - Frederick French, head, age 73, married, wood sawyer, born Framfield, Sussex; Mary French, wife, age 69, married 52 years, 11 children, 10 still alive, born Essex; Frederick French, son, age 33, single, bricklayer, born East Hoathly, Sussex.


Enlisted Uckfield, Sussex, age 38 years & 21 days, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 132?lbs, scar on lower part of sternum, teeth defective. Resided High Cross Cottage, Little Horsted, Sussex. Formerly roadman.

Home 22nd November 1915 to 12th September 1916; BEF 13th September 1916 to 26th August 1916; Home 27th August 1918 to 16th September 1918.

22nd November 1915, enlisted; 23rd November 1915, to Army Reserve; 26th April 1916, mobilized; 28th April 1916, 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th September 1916, Fort Darland, overstaying his pass from 9.30pm until 9.00am on 11th, when warned for a draft, 7 days Field Punishment No.2., forfeits I days pay; 13th September 1916, embarked; 13th September 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 29th September 1916, joined Battalion;  12th April 1917, wounded in action, gun shop wound, face; 14th April 1917, Boulogne, 1 Convalescent Depot; 27th April 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 13th May 1917, rejoined Battalion in The Field, "C" Company; 12th November 1917 to 26th November 1917, leave to England; 24th August 1918, wounded in action; 25th August 1918, Rouen, 3 General Hospital, gun shot wound head; 26th August 1918, transferred to England; 27th August 1918 to 16th September 1918, 1st London General Hospital, Camberwell, gun shot wound, head.

24th March 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 8/9 a week, paid to mother, will cease.

1st September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Mother, Mary Jane French, High Cross Cottage, Little Horsted, Sussex; Brother - William Henry French, age 43, Lower Dicker, Hellingly, Sussex; Sisters - Sarah Jane ?????, age 59, 56 Harlesmere? Road, Thornton Heath; Avis? Ann Diplock?, age 56, 19Dacre? Road, Eastbourne; Caroline Bradford?, age 53, 211 Seaside, Eastbourne; Fanny Crockford?, age 51, in Australia, no address; Ellen Teague?, age 48, Hawthorn Cottage, East Dene Road, Ringmer?; Emily Gander?, age 46, 12 Havingdale? Road, Eastbourne; Harriet Brooks?, age 38, Pale House Common, Framfield?; Edy? Brooks?, age 35, 219 Framfield Road, Uckfield.

Buried at  Little Horsted (St Michael) Churchyard, Near North boundary, Little Horsted, Sussex


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