The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H J Weston

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Private Henry John WESTON, G/7463, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  (formerly Royal Sussex Regiment, Service No.2905), killed in action, Flanders France, 16th April 1917, age 24.

Son of John and Frances Mary Weston, of Trenches Corner, Crowborough, Sussex.

1911 Census - Trenches Corner, White Hill Road, Crowborough, Sussex - John Mackellow, head, age 91, widower, farmer, (retired), born Rotherfield, Sussex; Frances Weston, daughter, age 48, married 20 years, 6 children, 5 still alive, born Crowborough, Sussex; John Weston, son in law, age 45, married, farmer, own account, at home, born Crowborough, Sussex; Henry John Weston, grandson, age 18, single, farmers son, working on farm, worker, born Crowborough, Sussex; Ethel Weston, granddaughter, age 15, single, work at home, born Crowborough, Sussex; Horace Weston, grandson, age 12, school, born Crowborough, Sussex; Rose Weston, granddaughter age 8, born Crowborough, Sussex; Philadelphia Weston, granddaughter age 5, born Crowborough, Sussex. 

Enlisted Hastings, Sussex.  Resided Crowborough, Sussex.

24th April 1916, All Saints Church, Crowborough, Sussex, Henry John Weston, age 23, bachelor, Private 2/5th Royal Sussex Regiment, resided Crowborough, father John Weston, farmer, married Agnes Barham, of Alma Lodge, South View, Crowborough, Sussex, father Benjamin Barham, carpenter.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, Pas de Calais, France.