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Private Stanley FORD, G/20224, 1st  Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on or after, 26th October 1917. 

Born Brixton, SW. son of George Ford.

27th March 1898, Holy Trinity, Tulse Hill, Stanley Ford, age 21, bachelor, postman, 10 Maidene? Street, father George Ford, deceased, coachman, married Annie Edward, age 19, spinster.10 Maidene? Street, father William Edwards, warehouseman.


1911 Census - 9 Lutheran Place, Brixton Hill, SW - Stanley Ford, head, age 33, married, postman, Post Office, born Brixton, Surrey; Annie Ford, wife, age 32, married 13 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Brixton, Surrey; Annie Margaret Ford, daughter, age 12, school, born Brixton, Surrey; Walter Stanley Ford, son, age 10, school, born Brixton, Surrey; Ellen Blanche Ford, daughter, age 9, born Brixton, Surrey; Jessie Lilian Ford, daughter, age 7, born Brixton, Surrey; William Frederick Ford, son, age 6, born Brixton, Surrey; Ivy Kathleen Ford, daughter, age 4, born Brixton, Surrey; Arthur Ford, son, age 3, born Brixton, Surrey.


Enlisted Lambeth, SE, age 38 years & 6 months, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 116lbs. Resided 15 Vicary Street, Brixton, SW. Formerly munitions worker.

Home 24th January 1916 to 10th October 1917; BEF 11th October 1917 to 26th October 1917.

24th January 1916, enlisted; 25th January 1916, to Army Reserve; 13th June 1917, mobilized from Army Reserve; 13th June 1917, posted Reserve City of London; 14th JUne 1917, posted Reserve London Regiment, Service No.204834; 10th October 1917, posted BEF; 11th October 1917, Infantry Base Depot; 14th October 1917, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th October 1917, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th October 1917, posted missing.

30th June 1918, date when Separation Allowance of £1 15s 6d will cease.

1st July 1918, pension of 33/9 a week awarded to widow & four children.

5th August 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Annie Ford, 15 Vicary Street, Brixton, London; Children - Annie Margaret Ford, born 16th December 1898, 86 Rocky Point Road, Arncliffe?, Sydney, Australia; Walter Stanley Ford, born 24th May 1900, 15 Vicary Street, Brixton, London; Ellen Blanche Ford, born 25th January 1902, 15 Vicary Street, Brixton, London; Jessie Lilian Ford, born 12th August 1903, 15 Vicary Street, Brixton, London; William Frederick Ford, born 26th December 1904, 15 Vicary Street, Brixton, London; Ivy Kathleen Ford, born 15th June 1906, 15 Vicary Street, Brixton, London; Arthur Ford, born 9th March 1908; Brother - Edwin Albert Ford, age 50, 18 Mill Lane, Brixton Hill, London; Sister - Ellen Crisp, age 46, 12 Dawlish Road, Leyton, Essex

21st December 1921, British War & Victory Medal sent to Mrs Annie Ford, 570 Ormonde Parade, Hurstville? Sydney, Australia.

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


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