The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J C Bailey

Private John Charles BAILEY, S/894, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, France and Flanders, 7th April 1915.

1888 September Quarter, born Orpington, Bromley, Kent. Son of Jack / John Bailey, Barking Side, Essex / c/o Mr Peacock, 12 Northfields, Amelia? Road, St Marys Cray, Kent / Perseverance House, High Road, Ilford. Younger Brother, Arthur William Bailey, Mr Angus ???, Dutton, Ontario, Canada.

Previously served Rifle Brigade, 256 days, discharge by purchase.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 26, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 129lbs, right forearm I LOVE RH, right forearm, dagger, 3 scars left cheek, several scars on neck, mole near side right thigh. Formerly labourer.

Home 18th September 1914 to 25th January 1915; BEF 26th January 1915 to 7th April 1915.

18th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 28th September 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th December 1914, Chatham, absent from Parade for draft when warned for active service, 7 days Field Punishment No.2.; 26th January 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

25th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, John Bailey, Perseverance House, High Road, Ilford; Brother, Arthur William Bailey, age 29, 5 Hattons Cottages, Beehive, Ilford.

Buried at Ramparts Cemetery, Lillegate, G4., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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