The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H F Lettington

Private Harry Frank LETTINGTON, G/6426, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, death presumed on or after, 28th March 1918, age 19.

Born 1898, Bromley, Kent, son of William & Jane Lettington , (nee Revell), 14, Stanley Road, Bromley, Kent. Youngest of ten children.

1911 Census - 14, Stanley Road, Masons Hill, Bromley, Kent - William Lettington, head, age 57, married, labourer, gardener, worker, born Cudham; Jane Lettington, wife, age 53, married 31 years, 10 children, 9 still alive, born Minster; *Stephen Lettington, son, age 27, single, carman, contractors, born West Wickham; Frederick Lettington, son, age 19, single, baker, worker, born Hayes, Kent; Alfred Lettington, son, age 19, single, labourer, contractors, born Hayes, Kent; Sidney Lettington, son, age 16, single, gardener, domestic, worker, born West Wickham; Frank Lettington, son, age 12, school, born Bromley; Frederick Lettington, grandson, age 6, born Bromley.

1911 Census - Preston Military Barracks, Lewes Road, Preston, Brighton, Sussex - #Arthur Ernest Lettington, Private, age 19, single, 4th Dragoon Guards, Duty, born Bromley, Kent.

*Pte Stephen Lettington, 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Service No.33101(formerly Cheshire Regiment, Service No.57188; 7th Dragoon Guards, (The Princess Royal's) Service No.11864), died 18th June 1918. Buried Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, X.B.3. Pas de Calais, France. Commemorated Bromley War Memorial.

# Pte Arthur Ernest Lettington, Machine Gun Corps, Calvary, 13th Squadron, Service No. 51161, (formerly 7th Dragoon Guards, (The Princess Royal's), Service No.4611), died of wounds, 5th April 1918, 49th Field Ambulance, France. Enlisted New Cross, Surrey. Posted BEF 13th October 1914, Buried St. Amand British Cemetery, III.A.9. as de Calais, France. Commemorated Bromley War Memorial.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent.

1st October 1915, posted BEF.

All six brothers fought in the war only two returned. The four brothers died within three months of each other in early 1918.

1st August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, William Lettington, 14, Stanley Road, Bromley; Mother, Jane Lettington, 14, Stanley Road, Bromley; Brothers - Sydney, age 22, 14, Stanley Road, Bromley; Alfred, age 28, somewhere in France; Sisters - Annie Gregory, age 35, 12 Napier Road, Bromley; Jessie Maunton, age 32, 23 Napier Road, Bromley; Emily, age 30, 14, Stanley Road, Bromley.

Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Panel 58 and 59, France & Bromley Methodist Church War Memorial. & Bromley War Memorial.

see Pte F G Lettington

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