Private George Houghton WEBSTER, G/5180, 6th  Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 3rd July 1916.

23rd June 1896, born Woolwich, Kent, son of George Houghton & Rhoda Webster, 7 Copps Croft, Near Dartford, Kent.

2nd August 1896, St Mary Magdalene, Woolwich, Greenwich, baptism of George Houghton Webster, son of George Houghton, (labourer), & Rhoda Webster, 27 Artillery PLace.

1911 Census - 21 Bethel Road, Welling, Kent - William Strangeman, head, age 32, single, general labourer, Dockyard, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, worker, born Dartford, Kent; Phipill Newlyn, brother, age 50, single, general labourer, Dockyard, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, worker, born Plumstead, Kent; Rhoda Webster, housekeeper, age 49, widow, Army Pensioner, (husband killed in Boer War), born Bunwell, Norfolk; William John Smith, housekeepers son by 1st Husband,  age 18, single, house boy, born Islington, London; George Houghton Webster, housekeepers son by 2nd Husband, age 14, single, Royal Arsenal Boy, making cordite bags, worker, born Woolwich, Kent; William Strangeman Webster, age 6, school boy, born Welling, Kent.

1914 June, Woolwich Registration District, Rhoda Webster, married William L Strangeman.

Home 31st December 1914 to 28th April 1915; BEF 29th April 1915 to 16th September 1915; Home 17th September 1915 to 17th March 1916; BEF 18th March 1916 to 3rd July 1916.

Enlisted Hounslow, Middlesex, age 19 & 191 days, height 5ft 6½ inches, weight 126lbs.  Resided 7 Copps Croft, Near Dartford, Kent. Formerly printer.

31st December 1914, enlisted; 1st January 1915, Maidstone, joined Battalion; 1st January 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th January 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment;

8th June 1915, 15 Field Ambulance, NYD fever; 30th July 1915, awarded 10 days Field Punishment No.2. by Commanding Officer; 12th August 1915, 15 Field Ambulance, NYD fever; 25th August 1915, 26 General Hospital, pneumonia; 17th September 1915, pleurisy; 17th September 1915, to England; 21st October 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; BEF, 7th January 1916, Fort Darland, not getting his hair cut when ordered to do so, 1 day confined to Barracks; 11th January 1916, Fort Darland, not having a bath when ordered to do so, stating a falsehood to an NCO, absent from Company Office, 7 days confined to Barracks; 18th March 1916, embarked to join 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th April 1916, 129 Infantry Base Depot, joined Battalion, In the Field; 12th May 1916, Field, insoloence to an NCO when on Parade, awarded 14 days Field Punishment No.1. by Commanding Officer; 23rd June 1916, 36 Field Ambulance, scabies; 23rd June 1916 to 59 Field Ambulance; 26th June 1916, rejoined Battalion; 3rd July 1916, posted "missing".

26th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, deceased; Mother, Rhoda Strangeman, 7 Copps Croft, Stone, Near Dartford, Kent; Brothers - none; Half Brothers - William Strangeman, age 14, 7 Copps Croft, Stone, Near Dartford, Kent; Sisters - none; Half Sisters - none; Grandparents - none; Nephews / Nieces - none; Uncles / Aunts - none.

Commemorated  Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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