The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private T H Bush

Private Thomas Henry BUSH, 241474, (4663), 1st/5th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Baghdad, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 25th December 1918, age 37.

Born Queens Park, Middlesex, Harlesden, Middlesex,

19th January 1913, The Parish Church, St Andrews, Willesden, married Florence Amy Barter, spinster, of 32, Conduit Way, Stonebridge Park, Willesden, London.

Children - Doris Amy Bush, born 12th October 1913, Willesden; May Bush, born 4th May 1915, Willesden.

Enlisted, Harlesden, age 28 years 225 days, height 5ft 8 inches, weight 136lbs, teeth defective. Resided 41 St Margaret's Road, Kensal Rise, Middlesex / 48, Felixstowe Road, Kensal Rise, Middlesex. Formerly rubber tyre moulder.

Home 3rd December 1915 to 20th August 1916; India, 21st August 1916 to 4th December 1917; MEF 5th December 1917 to 10th December 1917; Indian Expeditionary Force "D", 11th December 1917 to 25th December 1918.

3rd December 1915, enlisted; 4th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 20th June 1916, mobilized; 21st June 1916, posted AC, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd June 1916, posted 3rd/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st August 1916, posted India & 1st/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd December 1917, left Jubbalpore; 5th December 1917, embarked Bombay; 11th December 1917, disembarked Basra; 9th March 1918, joined Unit in the Field; 25th October 1918, 38 C. Field Ambulance, reported wounded, gun shot wound to back; 5th November 1918, 30 Casualty Clearing Station; 26th November 1918, patient admitted to 31st BSH, and in spite of every ???? treatment dies at 1.25am on 254th December 1918,

6th July 1919, date when Separation allowances of 34/- a week will cease.

7th July 1919, pension of 25/5 a week awarded to widow & two children.

11th September 1919, Probate - BUSH Thomas Henry of 4 Belton Road, Willesden Green, Middlesex. Private Royal West Kent Regiment, died 25th December 1918, in Mesopotamia. Administration London 11th September to Florence Amy Bush, widow. Effects £49 5s 1d.

2nd December 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Florence Amy Bush, 4 Belton Road, Willesden Green, Middlesex; Children - Doris Amy Bush, 12th October 1913, 4 Belton Road, Willesden Green, Middlesex; May Bush, 4th May 1915, 4 Belton Road, Willesden Green, Middlesex.

Buried at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, VII. F. 10. Iraq.

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