The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private R C Virgo

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Private Reuben Charles VIRGO, G/7354, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 3011, Royal Sussex Regiment), died of wounds, Flanders France, 24th May 1917.

Born Portslade, Sussex, son of Reuben & Jane Virgo.

1911 Census - 23 Eastbrooke Road, Portslade, Sussex - Reuben Virgo, head, age 53, married, gas labourer, worker, born Portslade, Sussex; Jane Virgo, wife age 54, married 21 years, 2 children, 1 still alive, born Fishergate, Sussex; Reuben Charles Virgo, son, age 16, single, confectionery, sugar, worker, born Portslade, Sussex.

5th April 1915 April, St Nicholas, Portslade, Sussex, Reuben Charles Virgo, age 20, bachelor, shop assistant, 21 Abinger Road, father, Reben Virgo, gas labourer. married Mary Malvina Garrard, age 22, spinster, 19, Abinger Road, father, John Hatsell Garrard, milk carrier.

Children - Gladys Mary Virgo, born 28th February 1916.

Enlisted Brighton, Sussex.

7th February 1938, Probate - Reben Virgo, of 23 Eastbrooke Road, Portslade-by-Sea, Sussex, died 7th January 1938. Probate Lewes 7th February to Clara Virgo, widow & Luther Herbert Archibald Ridge, Solicitor. Effects £154 5s.

27th October 1938, Probate, Reuben Charles Virgo, of 23 Eastbrooke Road, Portslade-by-Sea, Sussex, died 24th May 1917, in France. Administration (with Will), Lewes 27th October to Gladys Mary Virgo, spinster. Effects £370.

Buried at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Special Memorial C. 28., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

This page was last updated on 27-Dec-2022.