The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J E Lancaster

Photograph by "Pearlady"

Private John Edward LANCASTER, G/5623, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, *23rd July 1915 age 19.

*11th May 1915, shown on Soldiers Effects, all other records show 23rd July 1915.

11th January 1896, born Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, son of Paul & Phoebe Lancaster, of 10, Ernest Street, Cornholme, Todmorden, Lancashire.

16th February 1896, Immanuel's, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, baptism of John Edward Lancaster, son of Paul, (Collier), & Phoebe Lancaster, 57 New Lane.

1911 Census - 44 Brookside Street, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire - Phoebe Lancaster, head, age 50, widow, 3 children, all still alive, cotton weaver, worker, born Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire; Annie Lancaster, daughter, age 18, single, cotton weaver, worker, born Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire; John Edward Lancaster, son, age 16, single, coal miner (drawer), below ground, worker, born Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire; Bertha Lancaster, daughter, age 12, school, born Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire.

Enlisted Accrington, Lancashire.

29th April 1915, posted BEF.

Buried at Divisional Cemetery, C. 24., Belgium. Commemorated on Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, War Memorial.

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