The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private S J Coffin

Private Stafford James COFFIN, 240819, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 4th October 1917, age 29.

Born Chislehurst, Kent, son of William and Amanda Coffin, of 7, Townshend Road, Chislehurst West, Kent.

1911 Census - 7, Townshend Road, Chislehurst, Kent - William Coffin, head, age 54, married, coachman domestic, born Bideford, Devonshire; Amanda Coffin, wife, age 52, married 29 years, 11 children, 10 still alive, born Totnes, Devonshire; William Henry Coffin, son, age 26, single, gardener domestic, born Chislehurst, Kent; Stafford James Coffin, son, age 22, single, fishmonger, born Chislehurst, Kent; Gilbert Frank Coffin, son, age 17, single, grocers clerk, born Chislehurst, Kent; Edith Blanche Coffin, daughter, age 16, single, born Chislehurst, Kent; Margaret Coffin, daughter, age 15, single, dressmakers apprentice, born Chislehurst, Kent; Richard Coffin, son, age 13, school, born Chislehurst, Kent.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 26 years & 3 months, height 5ft 10 inches, weight 160lbs. Resided 7 Townsend Road Chislehurst, Kent . Formerly poultry salesman.

Home 17th November 1914 to 11th September 1917; BEF 12th September 1917 to 4th October 1917.

17th November 1914, enlisted & posted 2/ 5th Reserve Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, with Service No. 2861; 8th April 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 30th September 1916, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 12th September 1917, posted BEF; 12th September 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 12th September 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 12th September 1917, arrived 40 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples; 12th September 1917, posted 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th September 1917, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, William Coffin, 7, Townshend Road, Chislehurst; Mother, deceased; Brothers - William Coffin , age 35, 14 Holland Street, Kensington; D'Arcy Coffin, age 32, 7, Townshend Road, Chislehurst; Richard Coffin, age 22, 7, Townshend Road, Chislehurst; Sisters - May Cooper, age 33, 30 Drayson Mews, Kensington; Geraldine Coffin, age 28, 7, Townshend Road, Chislehurst; Edith Coffin, age 25, c/o Mears? Gorringe?, Drapers, London; Margaret Coffin, age 24, 30 Drayson Mews, Kensington.

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

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