The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W Brown

Private William BROWN, G/10062, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 3rd July 1916.

Born Vange, Essex son of William Brown, 1 Fairview Villas, Gordon Road, Vange, Essex / Edith Villas, Under Hill Road, South Benfleet, Essex.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 19 years & 60 days, height 5ft 3¼ inches, weight 120lbs. Resided 1 Kings Cottages, Fobbing, Essex. Formerly labourer.

Home 27th September 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF 3rd May 1916 to 3rd July 1916.

27th September 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th September 1915, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th January 1916, Aldershot, overstaying his pass from midnight till 3.00pm on 31st January, 3 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 1 days pay; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF.

Buried at Tancrez Farm Military Cemetery, I.H.24., Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.

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