The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Brightmore

Private Joseph BRIGHTMORE, L/8617, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 5th October 1916, age 27.

Enlisted London, son of Joseph and Mary Ann Brightmore.

1911 Census - 41 Gray Street, Silvertown, London, E. - Joseph Brightmore, head, age 51, married, bricklayer, unemployed, born Hampstead, London; Mary Ann Brightmore, wife, age 51, married 32 years, 12 children, 11 still alive, born Greenwich, Kent; Emily Brightmore, daughter, age 23, single, factory hand, rubber works, born North Woolwich, Essex; Caroline Brightmore, daughter, age 18, single, factory hand, rubber works, born Canning Town, Essex; Mary Brightmore, daughter, age 16, single, factory hand, rubber works, born Tidal Basin, Essex; Charles Brightmore, son, age 6, school, born Tidal Basin, Essex; James Brightmore, son, age 12, school, born Canning Town, Essex; William Brightmore, age 14, son, no occupation, born Tidal Basin, Essex.

1911 Census - India, Military, 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Private, age 23, single, soldier, born West Ham, London.

Resided 36, Bengeo Street, Tidal Basin, London, E.

6th February 1915, posted Asiatic Theatre of War.

Buried at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, XXI. R. 22., Iraq.

Brother of above - Private James William Brightmore, son of Joseph Brightmore, of 36, Bengeo St., Tidal Basin, London. 12th August 1915, enlisted Woolwich, age 19 years & 240 days, height 5ft ?? inches. Formerly labourer.

Home 12th August 1915 to 16th July 1916; BEF 17th July 1916 to 29th August 1916; Home 30th August 1916 to 23rd November 1917.

12th August 1915, enlisted & joined Battalion at Catford, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Service No.9529; 27th November 1915, posted 3rd Battalion; 17th July 1916, posted BEF; 30th August 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th September 1916, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea; 19th January 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd January 1917, transferred to 29th Middlesex Regiment, Service No 79995; 18th May 1917, transferred to Labour Corps, Service No. 151954, attached 3rd RFA Cadet School; 30th June 1917, posted 391st? Home Station, Works Company; 23rd November 1917, discharged as no longer fit for war service; Awarded Silver War Badge, No.289597, discharged due to sickness, age 21, served overseas.

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