The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private L Outred

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Private Leonard OUTRED, G/12227, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 27th September 1916.

Born Swanscombe, Kent, son of Alfred and Eliza Outred, of 1 Bessie Villas, Milton Road, Swanscombe, Kent.

1911 Census - 2 Bessie Villas, Milton Road, Swanscombe, Greenhithe, Kent - Alfred Outred, head, age 56, married, house paintere, builder, worker, born Stone, Kent; Eliza Outred, wife, age 61, married 33 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Bexley Heath, Kent; Alfred Outred, son, age 31, single, bricklayer, cement works, worker, born Bromley, Kent; Harry Outred, son, age 30, single, cement labourer, cement works, worker, born Bromley, Kent; Thomas Outred, son, age 27, cement labourer, cement works, worker, born New Eltham, Kent; Lenard Outred, son, age 19, single, machinist making cement casks, cement works, worker, born Swanscombe, Kent; Ethel Outred, daughter, age 21, single, born Swanscombe, Kent.

Entry crossed through - Laura Outred.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 25, height 5ft 11 inches, weight 140lbs. Resided 1 Bessie Villas, Milton Road, Swanscombe, Kent. Formerly cask maker.

Home, 13th January 1916 to 2nd July 1916; BEF, 3rd July 1916 to 27th September 1916.

13th January 1916, enlisted; 14th January 1916 to Army Reserve; 12th February 1916, mobilized; 13th February 1916, posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd July 1916, posted BEF; 4th July 1916, embarked; 5th July 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th July 1916, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

8th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Alfred Outred, 1 Bessie Villas, Milton Road, Swanscombe, Kent; Mother, Eliza Outred, 1 Bessie Villas, Milton Road, Swanscombe, Kent; Brothers - Thomas Outred, age 35, Bessie Villas, Milton Road, Swanscombe, Kent; Alfred Outred, age 40, in India; Sisters - Laura Outred, Benhurst, Sidcup; Ethel Outred, Bessie Villas, Milton Road, Swanscombe, Kent; Dorothy Foley, 17, Victoria Road, Chiselhurst, Kent.

Buried at Connaught Cemetery, XII. J. 2., Thiepval, France. Commemorated on Swanscombe War Memorial.

See also Pte H Outred

See also Pt A Outred

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