The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Private H Outred
Private Harry OUTRED, G/2296, "D" Company, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 13th July 1916, age 35.
Born Bromley, Kent, son of Alfred and Eliza Outred, of 1 Bessie Villas, Milton Road, Swanscombe, Kent.
1911 Census - 2 Bessie Villas, Milton Road, Swanscombe, Greenhithe, Kent - Alfred Outred, head, age 56, married, house paintere, builder, worker, born Stone, Kent; Eliza Outred, wife, age 61, married 33 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Bexley Heath, Kent; Alfred Outred, son, age 31, single, bricklayer, cement works, worker, born Bromley, Kent; Harry Outred, son, age 30, single, cement labourer, cement works, worker, born Bromley, Kent; Thomas Outred, son, age 27, cement labourer, cement works, worker, born New Eltham, Kent; Lenard Outred, son, age 19, single, machinist making cement casks, cement works, worker, born Swanscombe, Kent; Ethel Outred, daughter, age 21, single, born Swanscombe, Kent.
Entry crossed through - Laura Outred.
Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 33 years & 169 days, height 5ft 6¾ inches, weight 124lbs, dark complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, scar right shin. Resided 1 Bessie Villas, Milton Road, Swanscombe, Kent. Formerly labourer.
Home, 8th September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF, 26th July 1915 to 13th July 1916.
8th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th December 1914, Purfleet, 1st inoculation; 14th December 1914, Purfleet, 2nd inoculation; 26th July 1915, posted BEF & embarked; 27th April 1916, 22 Field Ambulance, myalgia; 5th May 1916, to Duty.
21st July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Alfred Outred, age 64, Bessie Villas, Milton Road, Swanscombe, Kent; Mother, Eliza Outred, age 70, Bessie Villas, Milton Road, Swanscombe, Kent; Brothers - Thomas Outred, age 35, Bessie Villas, Milton Road, Swanscombe, Kent; Alfred Outred, age 40, 2nd R.W.Kents India; Sisters - Laura Outred, age 33, Bessie Villas, Milton Road, Swanscombe, Kent; Ethel Outred, age 29, Bessie Villas, Milton Road, Swanscombe, Kent; Dorothy Foley, age 31, Victoria Road, Chiselhurst, Kent.
Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France, and on Swanscombe War Memorial.
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