The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F Sands

Private Frederick SANDS, G/16539, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 17th July 1917.

Born Tonbridge, Kent, son of Thomas & Charlotte Sands.

21st July 1901, Hadlow, Kent married Amelia Hannah Jeffrey, spinster, 3 Church Street, Tonbridge, Kent.

Children - Kate Margaret Sands, born 2nd October 1901; Violet Hilda Sands, born 15th April 1908, Tonbridge, Kent; Vera Joan Sands, born 27th June 1909, Tonbridge, Kent;

1911 Census - 3 Church Row, Tonbridge, Kent - Frederick Sands, head, age 33, married, Cabman, Jobmaster, worker, born Tonbridge, Kent; Amelia Sands, wife, age 29, married 9 years, 4 children, 3 still alive, born Enfield, Kent; Katie Sands, daughter, age 9, born Tonbridge, Kent; Violet Sands, daughter, age 2, born Tonbridge, Kent; Vera Sands, daughter, age 1, born Tonbridge, Kent.

Children - Ethel Clare (*Ellen Clara) Sands, born 29th June 1912, Tonbridge, Kent; Tessa Edna (*Lena Edna) Sands, born 29th April 1915, Tonbridge, Kent. *according to Pension Records

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 38 years & 5 months, height 5ft 2½ inches, weight 123lbs, defects alcoholism, aortic & mitral systolic compensated. Resided 3 Church Street, Tonbridge, Kent. Formerly cab driver.

Home, 13th July 1916 to 31st December 1916; BEF, 21st January 1916 to 17th July 1917.

Separation Allowance 27/6 a week, Allotment of Pay 3/6 a week, payable to wife.

13th July 1916, Called up for Service; 14th July 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment;

20th January 1917, embarked; 22nd January 1917, joined Battalion "D" company, In the Field;

29th January 1918, pension of 28/9 a week awarded to widow and four children.

2nd July 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow - Amelia Hannah Sands, 3 Church Street, Tonbridge; Children - Kate Margaret Sands, 2nd October 1901, The Vicarage, Tonbridge; Violet Hilda Sands, 15th April 1908, 3 Church Street, Tonbridge, Kent; Vera Joan Sands, 27th June 1909, 3 Church Street, Tonbridge, Kent; Ethel Clare Sands, 29th June 1912, 3 Church Street, Tonbridge, Kent; Tessa Edna Sands, 29th April 1915, Tonbridge, Kent; Father, none; Mother, none; Brothers - Jack Sands, age 36, Park View, Maidstone, Hadlow; Sisters - Jenny? Sands, (now Simpson?), ????????? Cottage, Hadlow; Lizzie Sands, age ??, ???????? Road, Golden Green.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, France.

Commemorated on Tonbridge War Memorial - Tonbridge War Memorial - The original World War I memorial at the Junction of Pembury Road and Quarry Hill. The names were later re-inscribed in the new Memorial Garden in Bradford Street.

From Tonbridge History - Frederick Sands was born in 1878 at Tonbridge the son of Thomas and Charlotte. He married Amelia Hannah Jeffery in 1901 at Tonbridge and by 1911 the couple with their three children were living at 3 Church Row and Frederick was working as a cabman-jobmaster. He served as Private G/16539 6th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment and was killed in action on 17th July 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.

This page was last updated on 18-Nov-2021.