The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G H Green

Private George Henry GREEN, S/610, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 21st March 1915, age 31.

Born Sevenoaks, Kent, son of Charlotte Green, 15 Golding Road, St Johns, Sevenoaks, Kent / 5, Mount Pleasant, Sevenoaks, Kent.

Previously served in Royal Fusiliers, time expired.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent, age 30 years & 24 days, height 5ft 6½ inches, blue eyes, brown hair. Formerly carman.

9th September 1914 to 6th December 1914; BEF 7th December 1914 to 21st March 1915.

9th September 1914, enlisted; 11th September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 20th October 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st October 1914, Fort Darland, absent from 9.30pm till 6.00pm 26th inst, 14 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 6 days pay; 7th December 1914, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

16th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Mother, Charlotte Green, 5, Mount Pleasant, Sevenoaks, Kent; Brother - Frank Jeffery Green, age 34, 5, Mount Pleasant, Sevenoaks, Kent; Niece - Doris Hilda Green, age 4, 5, Mount Pleasant, Sevenoaks, Kent; Uncles / Aunts - Henry Green, age 60, 9 Robertson Street, Battersea; Martha Hassel?, age 35, 9 Robertson Street, Battersea.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Belgium / Sevenoaks War Memorial.

NOTE: Regimental History and Soldiers Died in the Great War show Service No. as S/610; CWGC web site shows it as S/810

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