Private Thomas Henry WEBB, G/2668, 6th  Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 3rd July 1916.

Born Croydon, Surrey, son of John & Mary Webb, 75 Rymer Road, Croydon.

1911 Census- 75 Rymer Road, Croydon - John Webb, head, age 48, married, coal carman, worker, born Caterham, Surrey; Mary Webb, wife, age 50, married 24 years, 6 children, 5 still alive, born Greenwich, Kent; Kate Webb, daughter, age 20, single, general servant, domestic, born Croydon, Surrey; Thomas Webb, son, age 18, single, coachman, worker, single, born Croydon, Surrey.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 21, height 5ft 4½ inches, weight 110lbs, fresh complexion, grey eyes, light brown hair, lozenge shaped scar above ???? scar on left forehead. Formerly motor body builder.

Home, 10th September 1914 to 13th December 1915; BEF, 14th December 1915 to 3rd July 1916.

10th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th December 1915, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th December 1915, embarked; 24th December 1915, joined 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 12th January 1916, attached 12th Division, Reserve Park; 22nd January 1916, rejoined Battalion; 24th January 1916, attached 12th Division, Reserve Park; 6th June 1916, rejoined Battalion; 3rd July 1916, posted missing.

15th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, John Webb, 75 Rymer Road, Croydon; Mother, Mary Webb, 75 Rymer Road, Croydon; Brothers - William John Powell Webb, age 32, 98 Regent Street, Analby Road, Hull, Yorkshire; Sisters - Martha Emma Hiscock, age 29, 132 Frant Road, Thornton Heath; Kate Ann Webb, age 28, 75 Rymer Road, Croydon; Elizabeth Gatehouse, age 27, now on her way to Australia, address not settled.

Commemorated  Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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