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Private Thomas James TODD, G/19102, 10th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 7th June 1917.

Son of George & Mary Ann Todd, 11 Hanover Place, Canterbury, Kent.

1911 Census - 12 Longport Street, Canterbury, Kent - George Todd, head, asge 75, married, Cathedral Vestruier & Subsacrist, Dean & Chapter, born Loddon, Norfolk; Mary Ann Todd, wife, age 60, married 28 years, 8 children, all still alive, born Shipdham, Norfolk; Lucy Guy Todd, daughter, age 23, single, children nurse, domestic, born St Mildreds, Canterbury, Kent; Daisy Wilson, daughter, age 20, married, one year, one child, still alive,  born St Mildreds, Canterbury, Kent; Thomas James Todd, son, age 17, single, Solicitors Clerk,  born St Mildreds, Canterbury, Kent; Sidney Herbert Todd, son, age 14, Cathedral Chorister,  born St Mildreds, Canterbury, Kent; Barbara Maud Wilson, grand daughter, age 4 months.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 22 years, height 5ft 4½ inches.  Resided 26 Muir Road, Maidstone, Kent.

Home 29th November 1915 to 5th December 1916; BEF 6th December 1916 to 7th June 1917.

29th November 1915, enlisted & posted 3/5 Battalion, West Kent (Queens Own ) Yeomanry, Serevice No.2266; 8th November 1916, Southborough, being absent off 2.00pm Parade, 7 days confined to Barracks; 5th December 1916, embarked; 6th December 1916, transferred to 4th (Reserve Battalion), Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th December 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th December 1916, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th December 1916, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

26th November 1917, Probate - Thomas James Todd, of 11 Hanover Place, Canterbury, Private 10th Royal West Kent Regiment, died 7th June 1917, in France, killed in action. Administration (with Will), Canterbury 26th November, to Mary Ann Todd, widow. Effects £176 4s 2d.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.