The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F G Webb

Private Frederick George WEBB, G/1032, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on or after, 21st March 1918, age 22.

Born Marylebone, Middlesex, son of Robert Thomas Edward and Rosina Webb, 39, Parish Lane, Penge, London.

1911 Census - 39, Parish Lane, Penge, SE - Robert Webb, head, age 58, married, printer, traveller, worker, born Marylebone, Middlesex; Rosina Webb, wife, age 48, married 25 years, 8 children, 7 still alive, born Warnford, Hampshire; Edith Webb, daughter, age 24, single, servant, domestic, born Sparkbrook, Birmingham; Robert William Webb, age 22, single, milk carrier, dairyman, worker, born Saltley, Birmingham; Lilian Webb, daughter, age 19, single, servant, domestic, born Marylebone, London; #Albert Webb, son, age 17, single, printer, compositor, worker, born Marylebone, London; Frederick Webb, son, 15, single, houseboy, domestic, born Marylebone, London; Reginald Webb, son, age 11, school, born Penge, Surrey; * Roy Webb, son, age 4, Penge, Surrey.

* Roy L Webb, died 1918 September, Bromley Registration District, age 12

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 19 years & 10 months, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 110lbs, pale complexion, hazel, light brown hair, mole abdomen. Resided Penge, Kent. Formerly underporter.

Separation Allowance of 6/9 a week payable to mother.

Home, 2nd September 1914 to 4th October 1915; BEF, 5th October 1915 to 21st March 1918.

2nd September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th September 1914, Fort Darland, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th October 1914, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd January 1915, Chatham, absent from Church Parade at 7.30am, 3 days confined to Barracks; 3rd April 1915 to 12th April 1915, Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham, influenza; 4th July 1915, overstaying his pass from 12.00 midnight until 7.00pm 6th July 1915, 3 days confined to Barracks; 7th September 1915, overstaying his pass from 12.00 midnight until 12.00 noon 8th September, admonished, forfeits 1 days pay; 5th October 1915, posted BEF & 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd September 1916, gun shot wound shoulder.

4th January 1921, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Robert Webb, 39, Parish Lane, Penge, SE20; Mother, Rosina Webb, 39, Parish Lane, Penge, SE20; Brothers - Robert W Webb, age 32, 115 Penshurst Road, Kent; Reginald Webb, age 21, 39, Parish Lane, Penge, SE20; Sisters - Lilian E Webb, age 29, 39, Parish Lane, Penge, SE20.

Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Panel 58 and 59, Somme, France.

#Gunner Albert Edward Webb, 63rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, Service No.95163, died 30th July 1916, age 22.

Commemorated Beckenham Crematorium & Cemetery, Screen Wall X5.3.7145.

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