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Private J Westcott

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Private Jack WESTCOTT, G/5489, 6th  Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 3rd July 1916.

Born Stone, Kent, son of George Richard and Mary Ann Westcott, 29 Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent.

1911 Census - 4 Royal Oak Terrace, Southill Road, Gravesend, Kent -  Mary Ann Westcott, head, age 54, widow, 7 children, 6 still alive, needlework, at home, born Moorfields, London, rheumatism; Esther Grace Westcott, daughter, age 23, single, assistant to upholstress furniture, warehouse, worker, born Gravesend, Kent; Jack Westcott, son, age 19, grocers, shop assistant, worker, born Stone, Kent.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 23 years & 99 days, height 5ft 5½ inches, weight 114lbs.  Resided 15 Berkley Road, Gravesend, Kent / Denton Court Flats, Denton, near Gravesend, Kent. Formerly grocers assistant.

13th January 1915 to 31st May1915; BEF 1st June 1915 to 3rd July 1916.

13th January 1915, enlisted; 19th January 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd January 1915, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st June 1915, posted BEF; 7th November 1915, to Hospital; 9th November 1915, rejoined Battalion; 26th March 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 24th May 1916, reverts to Private, at own request; 3rd July 1916, posted missing.

8th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, none; Mother, Denton Court, Gravesend; Sisters - Mrs Florence Fossell, Gravesend? Castle, Gravesend; Gertrude Fergusson, 66 Parrock Street, Gravesend; Edith Westcott, 39 Chaucer Road, Bedford; Ethel? Hilders, Weston? Court, Gravesend; Nephews / Nieces - Stanley Hilders, Denton? Court, Gravesend; Jack Hilders, Denton? Court, Gravesend; Margaret Hilders, Denton? Court, Gravesend; Mrs ????? Gillingham?, Mere? Cliffe?; Mrs Jane Sheerness?, Victoria ?????, Sheerness.

Commemorated  Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.