The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private T W Stratton

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Private Thomas William STRATTON, G/15355, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 30th September 1916, age 30.

2nd? February 1886, born Paddington, London, W. son of William & Isabella Stratton.

7th November 1886, St Barnabas, Marylebone, Westminster, baptism of Thomas William Stratton, son of William, (coachman) & Isabella Stratton, 30 Bowmans Buildings.

7th November 1886, St Barnabas, Marylebone, Westminster, baptism of ?????? Stratton, son/daughter of William, (coachman) & Isabella Stratton, 30 Bowmans Buildings. Born 13th July 1878.

7th November 1886, St Barnabas, Marylebone, Westminster, baptism of Elizabeth Stratton, daughter of William, (coachman) & Isabella Stratton, 30 Bowmans Buildings. Born 19th April 1880.

7th November 1886, St Barnabas, Marylebone, Westminster, baptism of Annie Stratton, daughter of William, (coachman) & Isabella Stratton, 30 Bowmans Buildings. Born 28th May 1881.

7th November 1886, St Barnabas, Marylebone, Westminster, baptism of Alice Stratton, daughter of William, (coachman) & Isabella Stratton, 30 Bowmans Buildings. Born 10th June 1883. 

1911 Census - The Stables, Pattison Court, Nutfied, Surrey - Thomas Stratton, head, age 25, single, carriage groom, domestic, worker, born Marylebone, London, Middlesex.

27th July 1912, St Mary, Bletchingley, Surrey, Thomas William Stratton, age 26, bachelor, groom, Bletchingley, father William Stratton, coachman, married Ethel Alice Bryant, age 20, spinster, servant, Bletchingley, father George Bryant, labourer.

Children - Thomas William George Stratton, born 13th December 1912, Bletchingley, Surrey; 30th March 1913,  baptised  St Mary, Bletchingley, Surrey; Winifred Alice Stratton, born 4th June 1915, Bletchingley, Surrey; 26th September 1915, baptised  St Mary, Bletchingley, Surrey.

Enlisted Bletchingley, Surrey, age 29 years & 9 months, height 5ft 2¼ inches, weight 109lbs, fresh complexion, grey eyes, brown hair.  Resided Middle Row, Bletchingley, Surrey / Church Walk, Bletchingley, Surrey. Formerly groom.

Home 10th December 1915 to 4th September 1916; BEF 5th September 1916 to 30th September 1916.

10th December 1915, enlisted; 11th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 29th May 1916, mobilized; 30th May 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th September 1916, embarked; 5th September 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 30th September 1916, posted missing.

28th May 1917, date when Separation Allowance of 21/- a week & Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week payable to wife will cease.

29th May 1917, pension of 22/11 a week awarded to widow & two children.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.