Private Herbert Louis(e) WEEDEN,  G/2504, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  died of wounds, (gun shot wound to back), Flanders France, 27th September 1915.

1887 July, born Fulham, London, SW, son of John Francis & Jane Martha Weeden, 61 Lurgan Avenue, Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith.

1911 Census - 61 Lurgan Avenue, Hammersmith, Fulham - John Francis Weeden, head, age 50, married, house painter, worker, born Hammersmith, London; Jane Martha Weeden, wife, age 49, married 26 years, 6 children, 2 still alive, born Odstock, Hampshire; Walter Francis Weeden, son, age 25, single, labourer, stonemasons, worker, born Fulham, London; Herbert Louis Weeden, son, age 23, single, van porter, general carriers, worker, born Fulham, London.

Enlisted Town Hall, Walham Green, SW, age 26 years & 3 months, height 5ft 3 inches, 117lbs, dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair, sailors head left forearm, small scar forehead.  Resided Hammersmith, W. Formerly gas fitters repairer.

Home, 8th September 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF, 30th August 1915 to 27th September 1915.

 8th September 1914, enlisted; 9th September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th August 1915, posted BEF..

14th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, John Francis Weeden, 61 Lurgan Avenue, Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith; Mother, Jane Martha Weeden, 61 Lurgan Avenue, Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith; Brothers - Walter Francis, age 32, Sydney, NSW Australia;  Sisters - none; Grandparents, none; Uncles / Aunts, none.

Buried at Chocques Military Cemetery, I. E. 89., Pas de Calais, France.

NOTE: Regimental History & CWGC web site both spell lastname WEEDON; Soldiers Died in the Great War spell it WEEDEN; Service Records WEEDEN.

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