The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private P E Smith

Private Percy Edward SMITH, G/10276, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 15th September 1916.

Born Craylands, Kent, son of James & Harriett Smith, 8 Eliza Cottages, Craylands, Swanscombe, Kent / 8 Taunton Road, Northfleet, Kent.

1911 Census - 8 Eliza Cottages, Craylands, Swanscombe, Greenhithe, Kent - James Smith, head, age 62, married, engineers labourer, Cement Manufacturer, worker, born Vauxhall, London; Harriett Smith, wife, age 60, married 23 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Burstead, Essex; James Smith, son age 22, single, lift attendant, Cement Manufacturer, worker, born Swanscombe, Kent; Alfred Smith, son, age 19, single, pointsman, Cement Manufacturer, worker, born Swanscombe, Kent; Walter Smith, son, age 16, single, cooperage, Cement Manufacturer, worker, born Swanscombe, Kent; Percy Smith, son, age 14, errand boy, grocers, born Swanscombe, Kent.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 19 years & 214 days, height 5ft 5½ inches, weight 129lbs, slight systolic murmur. Resided 8 Eliza Cottages, Craylands, Swanscombe, Kent. Formerly labourer.

Home, 19th October 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF, 3rd May 1916 to 15th September 1916.

19th October 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th October 1915, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF; 3rd May 1916, Southampton, embarked; 4th May 1916, Havre, disembarked.

26th November 1917, Last Will & Testament of Harriett Smith, 8 Eliza Cottages, Craylands, Greenhithe, Kent - "I appoint my son Walter Smith, to be my Executor, and direct that all my Debts and Funeral Expenses shall be paid as soon as conveniently may be after my decease. I give and bequeath unto My Son Walter Smith the Home and Money in Post Office, Northfleet, 1242A. To my daughter Alice Harriett Ericson, Brooch and Cassels Family Bible, Images Personal Clothes. James Frederick Smith, Pipes, Groupes. Lottie Clock Desk, Groupe. Fanny, Family Bible. Emily, Pictures of Mother and Father, Double Cloths Brush." signed by Harriett Smith, witnessed by Alfred Bass, Beatrice Minnie Fisher, Harriett Smith.

13th August 1919, Statement of Relatives, completed by Harriett Smith, mother - Father, dead; Mother, Harriett Smith, 8 Eliza Cottages, Craylands, Greenhithe, Kent; Brothers - James Frederick Smith, age 30, 8 Taunton Road, Swanscombe, Kent; Walter Smith, age 25, 8 Eliza Cottages, Craylands, Greenhithe, Kent; Sisters - Ellen ?????? Smith, age 29, 69 King Street, Camden Town, London; Sisters (half blood) - Charlotte ???? Smith, age 39, 26 Stafford Road, Sidcup, Kent; Fanny Wallace? Dicks, age 36, 21 Triangle Road, West Thurrock, near Grays, Essex; Alice Harriett Ericson, age 35, 87 ?????? Street, Battersea, Clapham; Emily Smith, age 34, 26 Stafford Road, Sidcup, Kent.

18th March 1920, Statement of Relatives, completed by James Frederick Smith, brother, 8 Taunton Road, Northfleet, Kent - Brothers - James Smith, age 30, 8 Taunton Road, Swanscombe, Kent; Walter Smith, age 25, 8 Taunton Road, Swanscombe, Kent; Sisters - Ellen Smith, age 28 9 Stratford Place, St Pauls Road, Camden Town, London; Sisters (half blood) - Lottie, age unknown, 26 Stafford Road, Sidcup, Kent; Emily age unknown, 26 Stafford Road, Sidcup, Kent; Fanny, age & address not known.

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

This page was last updated on 08-Mar-2022.