The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F H Vater

Private Frank Henry VATER, G/4675, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 6th May 1915, age 18.

1898, born Pembury, Kent, son of Eli and Emily Vater, of 1, Council Cottages, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells. Kent.

1911 Census - 1 Chapel Villas, Hastings Road, Pembury, Kent - Eli Vater, head, age 57, married, labourer, roadman, worker, born Thornton, Dorsetshire; Emily Vater, wife, age 47, married 28 years. 8 children, all still alive, born Pembury, Kent; Albert Eli, Vater, son, age 20, single, labourer, roadman, worker, born Pembury, Kent; Rose Emily Vater, daughter, age 18, single, banking clerk, grocer & draper, worker, born Pembury, Kent; Frank Henry Vater, son, age 13, school, born Pembury, Kent; Lilian May Vater, daughter, age 12, school, born Pembury, Kent; Edith Maria Francis Vater, daughter, age 10, school, born Pembury, Kent.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent, age 20 years & 195 days, height 5ft 8 inches. Resided 1 Chapel Villas, Pembury, Kent. Formerly labourer.

30th November 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

30th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Eli Vater, Council Cottages, Pembury; Mother, Emily Vater, Council Cottages, Pembury; Brothers - James Vater, age 36, 39 Dore? Avenue, Manor Park, London; Charles Vater, age 33, Council Cottages, Paddock Wood; Frederick Vater, age 30, East Cottage, Boro? Green?, Kent; Sisters - Rose Barcombe, age 27, 17 Gallion? Street, Toronto, Canada; Edith L M Vater, age 19, Council Cottages, Pembury; Lillian Discann?, age 21, 17 Cutter? Street, Toronto, Canada.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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