The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private T W Duffield

Photograph by "GeertB"

Private Thomas Walter DUFFIELD, G/10388, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 15th September 1916.

Born Rochester, Kent, son of Anne Duffield.

1911 Census - 36 Station Road, Strood - Mary Duffield, head, age 48, widow, married 24 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Chatham, Kent; William Wollscott, boarder, age 50, widower, railway porter, born Crediton, Exeter; Annie Duffield, daughter, age 16, house maid, born Chatham, Kent; Thomas Duffield, son, age 14, news boy, born Chatham, Kent; Edgar Duffield, son, age 12, school, born Rochester, Kent; Albert Feakins, boarder, age 21, single, grocers assistant, born Dover, Kent.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent, age 20 years & 3 months, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 124lbs. Resided 36 High Street, Strood, Kent. Formerly blacksmith striker.

25th October 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st October 1915, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st November 1915 to 25th November 1915, Military Wards, Shoreham, hydrocele, operation, fluid withdrawn; 30th December 1915, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th September 1916, posted missing.

12th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Mother, Mary Ann Duffield, 36 High Street, Strood; Brother - Edgar Duffield, age 20, in France; Sisters - Alice Duffield, age 30, 10 Leghorn Road, Harlesden?; ?? Emi? Beeston?, age 22?, 36 Brigsend? Road, London; Elizabeth Duffield, age 26, 36 High Street, Strood.

14th May 1917, date when Separation Allowance of 4/1? a week and Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week will cease.

Buried at Bulls Road Cemetery, II. F. 16., Flers, Somme, France.

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