The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J W Emery

Photograph by "The Dark Poet"

Private Jesse William EMERY, G/12257, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died, in Prisoner of War Hospital, Minden, Germany, at 3.45pm on 19th April 1917.

Born 18th June 1892, Otford, Kent, son of James Emery, 5 Willow Terrace, Otford, Kent.

1911 Census - 5 Willow Terrace, Otford, Kent - James Emery, head, age 62, widower, roadman, County Council, born Otford, Kent; Sidney Arthur Emery, son, age 28, single, platelayer, railway company, born St Johns, Sevenoaks; Harriet May Emery, daughter, age 23, single, born Otford, Kent; Jesse William Emery, son, age 19, single, domestic gardener, born Otford, Kent.

Enlisted Sevenoaks, Kent, age 24 years & 5 months, height 5ft 4½ inches, weight 123lbs. Resided 5 Willow Terrace, Otford, Kent. Formerly postman.

Home 9th December 1915 to 2nd July 1916; BEF 3rd July 1916 to 19th April 1917.

9th December 1915, enlisted; 9th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 14th February 1916, mobilized; 15th February 1916, posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd March 1916, Northampton, absent from 7.00am Parade, 3 days confined to Barracks; 4th July 1916, embarked; 5th July 1916, posted BEF ; 13th July 1916, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th November 1916, posted missing, 27th April 1917, Geneva List, Prisoner of War.

28th April 1917, Letter from Captain A Gillies-Wicken, British Chaplain, with Canadian Force, Prisoner of War, Minden, Germany - "I regret to have to report the death in hospital here on April 19th 1917 from Cerebro Spinal Meningitus of No.12257 Private J W Emery 12th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment. This man was taken prisoner on or about March 20th 1917. I have already communicated with his relatives."

Death Certificate (translated), received from Kommandantur des Gefangenenlager, Minden - Christian name and surname - Emery Jess (British); Regiment and No - 7th Roy West Kents; Date of Birth and Place - 18.6.1892 at Otford, Kent, England; Address of Relatives - sister Miss Emery, 5 Willow Terrace, Otford, Sevenoaks; Date of Capture - unknown; Date of Death - 19.4.1917 at 3.45pm in the Prisoners of War Hospital, Minden; Cause of death - Tuberculosis Meningitus; Place of Burial - French Cemetery, Minderheide, Grave No.212; Has the grave a distinctive sign and could it be visited later by the family - Yes, it bears a wooden Cross with the name, and it can be visited later on; Of what consists the effects - No effects; If the relatives have not yet been advised of the decease of the soldier, could a Priest, a Doctor or a Nurse who was with him, or attending him during his illness supply us with particulars as to his last moments and Burial - He was attended by a Minister of Religion. There are no special details to record.

13th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, James Emery, 5 Willow Terrace, Otford, Kent; Mother, deceased; Brothers - S A Emery, 5 Willow Terrace, Otford, Kent; G R Emery, Magpie Farm, Detling; A Emery, somewhere in India, Rawal Pindi; Sister - H M Emery, 5 Willow Terrace, Otford, Kent.

Buried Ohlsdorfer Friedhof, Ohlsdorf, Hamburg-Nord, Hamburg Cemetery, V. C. 14., Hamburg, Germany.

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