The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private T J South

Private Thomas John SOUTH, L/8586, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 13th September 1914.

7th April 1889., born Sheerness, Kent, son of Richard & Alice South of Sheerness, Kent.

1901 Census - No.3. Shakespeare Court, Hope Street, Sheerness, Kent - Richard South, head, age 50, married, boilermakers labourer, worker, born Sheerness, Kent; Alice South, wife, age 34, married, born Sheerness, Kent; Catherine South, daughter, age 17, single, general servant, domestic, born Sheerness, Kent; Thomas South, son, age 12, born Sheerness, Kent; Edith South, daughter, age 8, born Sheerness, Kent; Edward South, son, age 6, born Sheerness, Kent; May South, daughter, age 4, born Sheerness, Kent; Frank South, son, age 1, born Sheerness, Kent; Moses Craddock, boarder, married, age 66, worker, born Sheerness, Kent; Eliza Craddock, age 58, charwoman, worker, born Sheerness, Kent.

1st March 1907, enlisted Maidstone, Kent.

1911 Census - Quebee Barracks, West Kent Regiment, Bordon, Hampshire - Thomas South, Private, age 22, single, 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Soldier, born Sheerness.

1911 Census - No.3. Shakespeare Court, Hope Street, Sheerness, Kent - Richard South, head, age 57, married, general labourer, HM Dockyard, worker, born Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey; Alice South, wife, age 44, married 21 years, 6 children, 5 still alive, born Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey; Catherine South, daughter, age 27, single, general servant, worker, born Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey; Edith South, daughter, age 19, single, general servant, worker, born Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey; Edwin South, son, age 17, single, ironmongers shop assistant, worker, born Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey; Alice South, daughter, age 14, collar hand, Invicta Works, worker, born Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey; Frank South, son, age 12, school, born Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey; Louise South, daughter, age 9, school, born Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey.

15th August 1914, posted BEF.

Commemorated at La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France/ Sheerness War Menorial.

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