The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H J Leverett

Photograph by "Marvin & Samme Templin"

Private Henry James LEVERETT, G/17422, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, death assumed on or after 30th November 1917.

Born Greenwich, Kent.

24th January 1916, Holborn, married Eliza Frances Mould, spinster, 135 Blackfriars Road, SE.

Formerly served in 3rd Battalion, Special Reserve, Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted Mansion House, London, age 36, height 5ft 2½ inches, weight 8 stone. Resided 135 Blackfriars Road, SE. Formerly window cleaner.

Home, 29th January 1916 to 9th December 1916; BEF, 10th December 1916 to 30th November 1917.

29th January 1916, enlisted; 30th January 1916, to Army Reserve; 8th September 1916, mobilized; 8th September 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th December 1916, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th December1916, embarked / disembarked; 29th December 1916, joined Battalion In the Field; 30th November 1917, posted missing.

4th August 1918, date when Separation Allowance of 16/- a week payable to wife will cease.

5th August 1918, pension of 13/9 a week awarded to widow.

19th February 1920 remarried at Southwark, now Mrs William C Hall.

23rd May 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Eliza Francis Leverett, 135 Blackfriars Road; Father, no; Mother, no; Brothers, no; Sisters, no; Grandparents, no; Nephews / Nieces, no; Uncles/Aunts, no.

Commemorated at Cambrai Memorial, Panel 8., Louverval, France.

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