The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Catchpole


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Private  James CATCHPOLE, G/4683, 1st  Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, No.38 Casualty Clearing Station, Flanders France, 26th July 1916.

Born Rotherhithe, Kent, son of George Catchpole, 40 West Lane, Rotherhithe, S E .


1911 Census - Bermondsey Infirmary, Lower Road, Rotherhithe - James Catchpole, patient, age 22, single, dock labourer, born Rotherhithe, London.


Enlisted  Deptford, Kent, age 25 years 330 days, height 5ft 5½ inches, weight 147lbs, scar above left eyebrow, tattoo horseshoe left forearm, tattoo right forearm.  Resided 40 West Lane, Rotherhithe, S E . Formerly general labourer.

Home 27th November 1914 to 6th April 1915; BEF 7th April 1915 to 26th July 1916.

27th November 1914, enlisted; 28th November 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th January 1915, Chatham, overstaying his pass from Tattoo till 7.00pm 19th January 1915, admonished, forfeits 3 days pay; 15th March 1915, Fort Darland, overstaying his pass from Tattoo till 8.30pm on 18th March 1915, deprived of 10 days pay, forfeits 4 days pay; 7th April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th April 1915, landed 5 Infantry Base Depot; 12th April 1915, joined Battalion, "A" Company; 11th May 1915, 3 General Hospital, wounded, gun shot wound shoulder; 19th May 1915, 11th General Hospital, NYD; 2th May 1915, 20th General Hospital, syphilis; 19th June 1915, 5 Infantry Base Depot; 18th August 1915, joined 6th East Surrey? Battalion; 1st September 1915, 51 Casualty Clearing Station, injured cornea?; 9th September 1915, rejoined East Surrey? Battalion; 14th January 1916, joined Battalion, "A" Company; 1st April 1916, 14 Field Ambulance, P.O.U.; 21st April 1916, rejoined Battalion, "A" Company; 22nd July 1916, wounded gun shot wound abdomen.

24th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Farher, George Catchpole, age 67, 40 West Lane, Rotherhithe, S E; Brothers - Ben Catchpole, age 36, 40 West Lane, Rotherhithe, S E; Ted Catchpole, age 34, 40 West Lane, Rotherhithe, S E; Sisters -Lucy Whipps, age 28, 11 Webster Road; Caraline Walton, age 26, 18 Layard? Road.

Buried at  Heilly Station Cemetery, II.E.14., Mericourt-l'abbe, Somme, France.


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