The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private R Vousden

Private Richard VOUSDEN, L/10654, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 9th March 1916, age 21.

Born Paddock Wood, Kent, son of Richard Vousden, of 22, Hadrian Street, Greenwich, London.

1911 Census - Friziley Cottage Farm, Cranbrook, Kent - Richard Vousden, head, age 47, married, farm labour, wagoner, Mr Skinner, at home, born Five Oak Green, Kent; Emily Vousden, wife, age 46, married 17 years, 9 children, 8 still alive, born Greenwich, Kent; Richard Vousden, son, age 16, single, farm labour, mate, Mr Weeks, at home, born Paddock Wood, Kent; Lizzie Vousden, daughter, age 15, single, servant, Mr Skinner, home, born Paddock Wood, Kent; Ada Vousden, daughter, age 14, born Paddock Wood, Kent; Annie Vousden, daughter, age 11, born Paddock Wood, Kent; Emily Vousden, daughter, age 8, born Paddock Wood, Kent; Willie Vousden, son, age 2, born Paddock Wood, Kent; Albert Rechert, boarder, age 26, farm labour, wagoner, out of work, born Marden, Kent, (Infirmity, Deaf).

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent. Resided Cranbrook, Kent.

15th June 1915, posted BEF.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, Pas de Calais, France.

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