The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private R Driver

Private Ralph DRIVER, 242091, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Service No.5594 or 5597), killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on or after, 12th October 1917, age 34.

Born Chelveston, Northamptonshire, son of George and Sarah Driver.

1911 Census - Clifton House, Chopwell, Durham - Ralph Driver, boarder, age 28, single, boot repairer, own account, born Chelveston, Northamptonshire.

Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne, Durham, age 33 years & 7 months, height 5ft 2½ inches, weight 108lbs. Resided 4 Lesbury Terrace, Chopwell, Durham. Formerly master shoemaker.

Home 9th December 1915 to 11th September 1917; BEF 12th September 1917 to 12th October 1917.

9th December 1915, enlisted; 10th December 1915 to Army Reserve; 6th February 1917 mobilized; 12th September 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 12th September 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 12th September 1917, 40 Infantry Base Depot, posted 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th September 1917, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th September 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; 12th October 1917, posted missing.

29th December 1917, Statement of Relatives - Father, George Driver, 4 Lesbury Terrace, Chopwell, Durham; Brother - William Driver, age 29, 7 South View, Chopwell, Durham; Sister - F? Mabel Lucas, age 34, 4 Lesbury Terrace, Chopwell, Durham.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108., Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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