The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H T Redler


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Private Harold Thomas REDLER, G/10524, 6th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 3rd July 1916, age 21.

Born Stroud, Gloucestershire, son of Thomas and Hannah Redler, of The Manse, Whimple, near Exeter, Devon.


1911 Census - Woodbine Cottage, Symonds Yat, Whitchurch, Ross on Wye, Monmouthshire - Thomas Redler, head, age 45, married, Congregational Minister, born Shaugh Prior, Devon; Hannah Redler, wife, age 42, married 20 years, 6 children, all still alive, born Shaugh Prior, Devon; Ethel May Redler, daughter, age 18, single, born Stroud, Gloucestershire; Harold Thomas Redler, son, age 16, single, school, born Stroud, Gloucestershire; Wilfred John Redler, son, age 14, born Stroud, Gloucestershire; #Leonard James Redler, son, age 11, school, born Moreton in Marsh; Arthur Gordon Redler, son, age 8, school, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire; Winifred Redler, daughter, age 4, school, born Whitchurch.


Enlisted Fulham, SW, age 20 years & 270 days, height 5ft 11 inches, 139lbs, scar left shin. Resided 5 Bloompark Road, Fulham, SW. Formerly schoolmaster.

Home, 1st November 1915 to 7th March 1916; BEF, 8th March 1916 to 3rd July 1916.

1st November 1915, enlisted; 4th November 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th November 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th March 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & embarked; 20th March 1916, joined 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 3rd July 1916, posted missing.

18th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Thomas Redler, The Manse, Whimple, near Exeter, Devon; Mother, Hannah Redler, The Manse, Whimple, near Exeter, Devon; Brothers - Wilfred J Redler, age 23, Corven? Training Home, Newcastle on Tyne; Arthur G Redler, age 16, The Manse, Whimple, near Exeter, Devon; Sisters - Etherl M Redler, age 27, Cotswold, Paignton, Devon; Winifred D Redler, age 13, The Manse, Whimple, near Exeter, Devon.

Buried at Ovillers Military Cemetery,  IX. B. 8., France. Commemorated Whimple War Memorial.


Inscription -

"BECAUSE I LIVE

YE SHALL LIVE ALSO

JNO.14.19

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# Private Leonard James Redler, 2nd/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, Service No.57829, (formerly Devon Regiment, Service No.68109), died 1st November 1918, age 19. Buried Valenciennes (St Roch) Communal Cemetery. III.E.15. France. Commemorated Whimple War Memorial.


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