The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Private R Allcorn
Private Reginald ALLCORN, G/10495, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, 23rd March 1918, age 21.
Born Bearsted, Kent. Son of Thomas and Harriet Jane Allcorn, of 1, Acacia Villas, Willington Road, Maidstone, Kent.
1911 Census - 2?, Acacia Villas, Willington Road, Maidstone, Kent - Thomas Allcorn, head, age 46, married, brewers labourer, born Rotherfield, Sussex; Harriet Jane Allcorn, wife, age 43, married 24 years, 8 children, all still alive, born Holborn, London; Thomas Allcorn, son, age 18, single, under gardener, born Bearsted, Kent; Dorothy Allcorn, daughter, age 16, single, born Bearsted, Kent; Reginald Allcorn, son, age 14, single, gardeners help, born Bearsted, Kent; Harold Allcorn, son, age 11, school, born Bearsted, Kent; Ida Allcorn, daughter, age 10, school, born Bearsted, Kent.
Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 19, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 112lbs, resided 1, Acacia Villas, Willington Road, Maidstone, Kent. Formerly gardener.
Home, 25th October 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF, 3rd May 1916 to 23rd March 1918.
25th October 1915, enlisted & posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF; 16th SEptember 1916, wounded; 23rd March 1918, reported missing.
16th August 1919, statement of relatives - Father, Thomas Allcorn, 1, Acacia Villas, Willington Road, Maidstone, Kent; Mother, Harriet Jane Allcorn, 1, Acacia Villas, Willington Road, Maidstone, Kent; Brothers, Frank Henry Allcorn, age 32, address not known; Harold Allcorn, age 19, 1, Acacia Villas, Willington Road, Maidstone, Kent; Sisters Bertha Violet Allcorn , age 29, address not known; Isobel Grace Finn, age 27, 29 Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, Kent; Dorothy May Woolvin, age 24, 40 Kingsley Road, Maidstone, Kent; Ida Maud Allcorn, age 18, 1, Acacia Villas, Willington Road, Maidstone, Kent.
Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, Pas de Calais, France.
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