The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private S R Waite

Photograph by "International Wargraves Photography Project"

Private Stephen Rhodes WAITE, G/19270, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 8th August 1917.

Born Horncastle, Lincolnshire, son of William Rhodes & Charlotte Waite.

1911 Census - Stephen R Waite, assistant, age 26, single, draper, shop assistant, worker, born Horncastle, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted Canterbury, Kent, age 30 years & 350 days, height 5ft 8 inches, weight 129lbs, flat feet, dental plate. Resided 9 Ivy Place, York Road, Canterbury, Kent. Formerly drapery.

Next of Kin (brother) - Frederick Waite, 64 Sheffield Street, Crosley, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.

Home 9th December 1915 to 3rd January 1917; BEF 4th January 1917 to 8th August 1917.

9th December 1915, enlisted; 10th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 1st March 1916, mobilized; 4th March 1916, posted 3/1 Kent Cyclist Battalion, Service No.2490; 27th May 1916, posted 2/1 Kent Cyclist Battalion; 4th January 1917, posted BEF & 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th February 1917, joined 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field.

25th September 1919, Statement of Relatives, (completed by only brother, Frederick Waite, 64 Sheffield Street, Crosley, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire) - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, dead; Mother, dead; Brothers - Frederick Waite, age 37; Sisters - Mrs Charlotte Wright, 72 Queen Street, Louth, Lincolnshire; Grandparents, dead; Nephews / Nieces - Frank Waite, age 7, 64 Sheffield Street, Crosley, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire; Nora Waite, age 3, 64 Sheffield Street, Crosley, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire; Uncles / Aunts - Stephen Waite, age 79, shoemakers, Asalackby, Sleaford; George Waite, age 74, Retired Farmer, Louth; Mrs Polly Blakey, age 76, widow, Spilsby.

Buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery, LVIII. D. 13., Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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