The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Private T L Allcorn
Private Thomas Louis ALLCORN, G/5010, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 30th July 1916, age 23.
Born Bearsted, Kent. Son of Thomas and Harriet Jane Allcorn, of 1, Acacia Villas, Willington Road, Maidstone. Brothers Frank Henry Allcorn, age 32; Harold Allcorn, age 19, sisters Bertha Violet Allcorn , age 30; Isobel Grace Finn, age 28; Dorothy May Woolvin, age 24; Ida Maud Allcorn, age 18.
1911 Census - 2?, Acacia Villas, Willington Road, Maidstone, Kent - Thomas Allcorn, head, age 46, married, brewers labourer, born Rotherfield, Sussex; Harriet Jane Allcorn, wife, age 43, married 24 years, 8 children, all still alive, born Holborn, London; Thomas Allcorn, son, age 18, single, under gardener, born Bearsted, Kent; Dorothy Allcorn, daughter, age 16, single, born Bearsted, Kent; Reginald Allcorn, son, age 14, single, gardeners help, born Bearsted, Kent; Harold Allcorn, son, age 11, school, born Bearsted, Kent; Ida Allcorn, daughter, age 10, school, born Bearsted, Kent.
Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 21, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 114lbs. Formerly gardener.
Home, 15th December 1914 to 21st April 1915; BEF, 22nd April 1915 to 30th July 1916.
15th December 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th July 1916, killed in action.
2nd August 1919, statement of relatives - Father, Thomas Allcorn, 1, Acacia Villas, Willington Road, Maidstone, Kent; Mother, Harriet Jane Allcorn, 1, Acacia Villas, Willington Road, Maidstone, Kent; Brothers, Frank Henry Allcorn, age 32, address not known; Harold Allcorn, age 19, 1, Acacia Villas, Willington Road, Maidstone, Kent; Sisters Bertha Violet Allcorn , age 29, address not known; Isobel Grace Finn, age 27, 29 Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, Kent; Dorothy May Woolvin, age 24, 40 Kingsley Road, Maidstone, Kent; Ida Maud Allcorn, age 18, 1, Acacia Villas, Willington Road, Maidstone, Kent.
Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 11 C. Somme, France.
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