The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G E Webb

Photograph by "Claude Laignel"

Private George Edward WEBB, G/19464, 6th Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 29th September 1918.

Born Nottingham, son of Raymond & Abigail Webb.

1911 Census - 60 Repton Road, Bulwell, Nottinghamshire - Abigail Webb, head, age 44, widow, married 19 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Kinoulton, Nottinghamshire; William Raymond Webb, son, age 19, single, van man, lace finishing, worker, born Nottingham; Frederick Ralph Webb, son, age 16, single, warehouseman, lace finishing, worker, born Nottingham; George Edward Webb, son, age 13, school, born Nottingham.

Enlisted Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, age 19 years & 39 days, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 115lbs. Resided 145 Logan Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Formerly hosiery milliner.

24th June 1916 to 25th June 1917; BEF 26th June 1917 to 22nd October 1917; BEF 13th August 1918 to 29th September 1918.

24th June 1916, deemed to have enlisted; 3rd April 1917, Called up for Service and posted Depot, Sherwood Foresters, Service No.83327; 5th April 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters; 26th June 1917, posted 102 Training Reserve;

25th June 1917, posted BEF; 28th June 1917, embarked / disembarked; 28th June 1917, posted 6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters; 21st July 1917, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st July 1917, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th October 1917, 22 General Hospital, trench feet; 22nd October 1917, to England, HS "Princess Elizabeth"; 24th October 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th October 1917 to 20th March 1918, Vington War Hospital, Leicester, trench feet; 20th March 1918 to 29th March 1918, furlough from Hospital; 7th April 1918, Shoreham by Sea, Eastern Command Depot; 23rd July, 1918, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th August 1918, posted BEF; 14th August 1918, embarked; 18th August 1918, Etaples, "J" Infantry Depot, posted & proceeded to 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 28th August 1918, joined 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field.

18th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, none; Mother, Abigail Webb, 145 Logan Street, Nottingham; Brothers - William Webb, age 27, 16 Montague Street, Bulwell, Nottinghamshire; Frederick Webb, age 28, 145 Logan Street, Bulwell, Nottingham.

Buried Villers Hill British Cemetery, VI. E. 8., Villers-Guislain, Nord, France.

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