The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private P A Smith

Private Percy Allen SMITH, G/18091, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 23rd July 1917, age 21.

Born Corton, near Lowestoft, Suffolk, son of Arthur and Elizabeth Smith, of 33, Tennyson Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk. Mother shown as Hannah Smith on Service Records.

1911 Census - 2 Mill Lane Cottages, Corton, Lowestoft, Suffolk - Arthur Smith, head, age 56, married, gardener, domestic, born Corton, Suffolk; Elizabeth Smith, wife, age 54, married 33 years, 10 children, 6 still alive, born Corton, Suffolk; Maria Smith, daughter, age 24, single, born Corton, Suffolk; Bertie Smith, son, age 20, single, carpenter, worker, born Corton, Suffolk; Walter Smith, son, age 16, single, railway porter, worker, born Corton, Suffolk; Percy Smith, son, age 14, printers apprentice, born Corton, Suffolk.

Enlisted Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, age 19 years & 5 months, height 5ft 9½ inches, weight 140lbs, flat feet slight no inconvenience. Resided 2 Briar Cliff, Corton Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk. Formerly apprentice printer.

Home 12th December 1915 to 26th August 1916; BEF 27th August 1916 to 23rd July 1917.

12th December 1915, enlisted; 14th December 1915, posted 3/1 Battalion, Suffolk Yeomanry, Service No.2424; 27th August 1916, posted BEF & 1/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment; 27th August 1916, Folkestone, embarked; 27th August 1916, Boulogne, disembarked; 28th August 1916, transferred to 4th Reserve Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th September 1918, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th October 1916, wounded; 23rd October 1916, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot, proceeded to join 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1917, wounded, at Duty.

14th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Wiudow, none; Children, none; Father, Arthur Smith, 2 Briar Cliff, Corton Road, Lowestoft; Mother, Elizabeth Smith, 2 Briar Cliff, Corton Road, Lowestoft; Brothers - Bertie Smith, age 29, 2 Briar Cliff, Corton Road, Lowestoft; Walter Smith, age 25, 2 Briar Cliff, Corton Road, Lowestoft; Sisters - Mary Smith, age 37, 2 Briar Cliff, Corton Road, Lowestoft; Maria Smith, age 35, 2 Briar Cliff, Corton Road, Lowestoft; Alice Smith, age 33, 2 Briar Cliff, Corton Road, Lowestoft.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Belgium / Lowestoft War Memorial.

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