The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F Roberson

Private Frank ROBERSON, L/9362, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died whilst a Prisoner of War, with Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 31st December 1916.

Born Tunbridge Wells, Kent, son of Frank & Frances Roberson.

Enlisted Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

1911Census - Quebee, West Kent Regiment, Bordon - Frank Roberson, Private, age 19, single, Soldier, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

1911 Census - 10 Kirkdale Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Frank Roberson, head, age 53, widowed, married 16 years, 7 children, all still alive, labourer Corporation, born Tunbridge, Kent; Minnie Roberson, age 20, single, at home, born Tunbridge Wells; William Roberson, age 18, single, builders labourer, born Tunbridge Wells; Harry Roberson, age 16, single, butcher, born Tunbridge Wells; Ivy Roberson, age 6, born Tunbridge Wells; Dorothy Roberson, age 15, single, servant domestic, born Tunbridge Wells; Emily Bracken, boarder, age 60, single, Independent Means, born Stafford.

6th February 1915, posted Asiatic Theatre of War.

Commemorated at Basra Memorial, Panel 29, Iraq / Tunbridge Wells War Memorial.

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