The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F J Boorman

Photograph by "Simon Tiron"

Private Frank James BOORMAN, G/532, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders, France, 10th May 1917.

Born Stalpehurst, Cranbrook, Kent, son of Fred & Mary Jane Boorman, Mote Cottage, Ivy Hatch, near Sevenoaks, Kent.

1911 Census - Mote Farm, The Mote, Ivy Hatch, near Sevenoaks, Kent - Fred Boorman, head, age 51, married, farm labourer, born Goudhurst, Kent; Mary Jane Boorman, wife, age 52, married 30 years, 9 children, 6 still alive, born Burwash, Sussex; Frank James Boorman, son, age 18, single, farm labourer, born Staplehurst, Kent; Mark Puxty, boarder, age 58, single, waggoner on farm, born Benenden, Kent.

Home 31st August 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF 1st June 1915 to 6th July 1916; Home 7th July 1916 to 11th January 1917; 12th January 1917 to 10th May 1917.

Enlisted, Tonbridge, Kent, age 19 years, height 5ft 3? inches, fresh complexion, brown eyes, brown hair.

Buried at Feuchy British Cemetery, I.C.7., Pas de Calais, France.

External Link to Roll of Honour - Ightham War Memorial, Kent

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