The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J E Wickenden

Photograph by "Claude Laignel"

Private John Edward WICKENDEN, L/10151, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 12th October 1914, age 19.

Born Southborough, Kent, son of James & Ellen Wickenden, 17 London Road, Southborough, Kent.

1904 December, Tonbridge Registration District, Ellen Wickenden, married James Arthur Wheatley.

1911 Census - James Arthur Wheatley, husband, age 42, labourer, plastering, builder, worker, born Sittingbourne, Kent; Ellen Wheatley, wife, age 46, married 8 years, 2 children, 1 still alive, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; John Edward Wickenden, son, age 17, single, errand boy, greengrocer, born Southborough, Kent; Florence Alice Wheatley, age 10, school, born Southborough, Kent.

Enlisted Southborough, Kent, age 18 years, 6 months, height 5ft 6 inches. Resided 17 London Road, Southborough, Kent. Formerly labourer (greengrocer crossed out). Employer J C Jarrett, Tunbridge Wells.

Home 21st February 1912 to 6th August 1913.

21st February 1912, enlisted & posted as Sapper, Kent Fortress Royal Engineers, Service No.738 (740); 3rd August 1912 to 10th August 1912, Shorncliffe, Annual Training.

Enlisted Tunbridge Wells, Kent, age 18 years & 8 months, height 5ft 7½ inches, weight 109lbs, grey eyes, brown hair, birthmark outer side right hip, mole below right armpit, mole back left ankle, scar above right eyelid. Formerly shop porter.

Home 7th March 1913 to 8th June 1913.

7th March 1913, enlisted & posted 3rd Battalion, (Special Reserve), Royal West Kent Regiment. Service No.8710, still serving Kent Fortress Royal Engineers.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 18, weight 5ft 7 inches, weight 114lbs. Formerly shop porter.

Home, 9th June 1913 to 13th August 1914; BEF, 14th August 1914 (30th August 1914, from Medal Card) to 12th October 1914.

9th June 1913, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th July 1913, posted Dublin, 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd December 1913, 3rd Class Certificate of Education.

9th June 1919, Statement of Relatives, (completed by Sister, Cicelia Emily Bellingham, 1 Auckland Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent) - Father, deceased; Mother, deceased; Brothers - Lewis Wickenden, age 31, 81, Goods Station Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Sisters - Florence Alice Wickenden, age 18, 46 Chandos Road, Cricklewood.

Buried at Philosophe British Cemetery, IV. P. 6., Mazingarbe, Pas de Calais, France.

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