The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private T Philpott

Photograph by "Lynn Brattan"

Private Thomas PHILPOTT, G/4795, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 9th April 1917.

Born Faversham, Kent, son of Alfred & Mary Philpott, 18 Scotts Road, Bromley, Kent.

3rd August 1914, Bromley, Kent, married Daisy May Emblen, spinster, 18 Scotts Road, Bromley, Kent.

Children - Daisy Elizabeth May Philpott, born 9th June 1915, Bromley, Kent.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 22 years 7 months, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 146lbs, scar on front of left knee. Resided 18 Scotts Road, Bromley, Kent. Formerly bakers assistant.

Home, 30th November 1914 to 20th April 1915; BEF, 21st April 1915 to 9th April 1917.

30th November 1914, enlisted; 8th December 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd April 1915, 5 Infantry Base Depot; 25th April 1915, joined Battalion, "D" Company, In the Field; 12th April 1916, 14 Field Ambulance; 24th April 1916, rejoined Battalion, In the Field; 27th August 1916, wounded at Duty; 9th October 1916, In the Field, Whilst on Active Service, slackness of duty, 3 days confined to Barracks; 10th November 1916, 13 Field Ambulance, P.U.O. (pyrexia of unknown origin); 12th November 1916, 11 Casualty Clearing Station, P.U.O. ; 29th November 1916, rejoined Battalion, "D" Company; 10th March 1917, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 9th April 1917, posted missing.

9th December 1917, date when Separation Allowance of 16/- a week & Allotment of pay, of 3/6 a week, payable to wife will cease.

19th November 1917, pension of 18/9 a week awarded to widow and one child.

June 1919, Daisy May Philpott, married to Percy G Stedman.

31st October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow - Daisy May Stredman, late widow of Pte T Philpott, 10 Freelands Grove, Bromley, Kent; Child - Daisy Elizabeth May Philpott, 9th June 1915, 10 Freelands Grove, Bromley, Kent; Father, Alfred Philpott, 18 Scotts Road, Bromley, Kent; Mother, Mary Philpott, 18 Scotts Road, Bromley, Kent; Brother - Alex Philpott, age 40, 5 Hilldrop Road, Bromley, Kent; Sisters - Eva Philpott, age 22, 18 Scotts Road, Bromley, Kent; Ethel Philpott, age 38, 18 Scotts Road, Bromley, Kent; Doris Philpott, age 20, 18 Scotts Road, Bromley, Kent; Maud Philpott, age 17, 18 Scotts Road, Bromley, Kent.

Buried at Bois-Carre British Cemetery, I. A. 7., Thelus, France. Commemorated on Bromley War Memorial.

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