The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W C Garland

Photograph by - "Kevin Garcia"

Private William Charles GARLAND, G/2086, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of influenza, 56 Casualty Clearing Station, Flanders France, 3rd July 1918, age 22.

Born Ramsden Heath, Billericay, Essex, son of Philip & Thirza Garland, of Ramsden Heath, Essex.

1911 Census - Dowsett Road, Ramsden Heath, Billericay, Essex - Philip Garland, head, age 50, married, general labourer, born Ramsden Heath, Essex; Thirza Garland, wife, age 43, married 25 years, 14 children, 12 still alive, born Easthanding Field, Essex; Arthur Garland, son, age 19, single, cowman on farm, born Ramsden Heath, Essex; Ernest William Garland, son, age 18, single, general labourer, born Ramsden Heath, Essex; Alice Garland, daughter, age 15, single, domestic servant, born Ramsden Heath, Essex; William Charles Garland, son, age 13, errand lad, grocers, born Ramsden Heath, Essex; Fread? Garland, son, age 12, school boy, born Ramsden Heath, Essex; May Victoria Garland, daughter, age 10, school girl, born Ramsden Heath, Essex; Berty Carles Garland, son, age 7, school boy, born Ramsden Heath, Essex; Elijah Philip Garland, son, age 4, born Ramsden Heath, Essex; Rowland Alfred Garland, son, age 2, born Ramsden Heath, Essex.

Enlisted Woolwich, Kent, age 19 years & 150 days, height 5ft 4¾ inches, weight 120lbs, ruddy complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, pigmentation on belly. Resided 8 Westfield Cottages, Lower Halstowe, near Sittingbourne, Kent. Formerly groom / carpenter.

1917, December Quarter, Milton, Kent Registration District, married Florence N Nunn, of Aylett's Cottage, Broomfield, Chelmsford, Essex.

Child - Patience Helen Garland, born 16th January 1918, Milton, Kent

Home, 7th September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF, 26th July 1915 to 16th March 1917; Home, 17th March 1917 to 17th December 1917; BEF, 18th December 1917 to 3rd July 1918.

7th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th April 1915, Purfleet, overstaying his pass from midnight until 6.30pm 6th April 1915, 3 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 2 days pay; 8th May 1915, Colchester, overstaying his pass from midnight until 11.30pm on 9th May 1915, 1 day confined to Barracks, forfeits 1 days pay; 26th May 1915, Codford, having a dirty rifle on Parade, 5 days confined to Barracks; 26th July 1915, posted BEF; 14th March 1917 admitted to Bologne General Hospital, mammary abscess; 17th March, to England on Hospital Ship, Princess Elizabeth; 17th March 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th & 18 March 1917, admitted Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham, with abscess on chest; 18th March 1917 to 21st May 1917, VAD Chipstead Hospital, Sevenoaks; 21st May 1917 to 25th May 1917, Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham; 25th May 1917 to 3rd August 1917, ???? cliffe Hospital, operation, abscess on chest; 16th August 1917, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea; 23rd September 1917, Shoreham by Sea, overstaying his pass from midnight until 9.30pm 26th September 1917, 5 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 3 days pay; 3rd November 1917, Shoreham by Sea, falling out Route Marching without a cause, 3 days confined to Barracks; 13th November 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th December 1917, posted BEF; 19th December 1917, embarked / disembarked; 22nd December 1917, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th June 1918, 56 Casualty Clearing Station, Influenza; 3rd July 1918, 56 Casualty Clearing Station, died, death due to Field Operations, to fatigue & exposure while on Military Duty.

13th January 1919, pension awarded of 20/5 a week to widow and one child.

2nd March 1920, Mrs F. N. Ramsey (formerly Garland).

Buried at Bagneux British Cemetery, III. C. 17., Gezaincourt, France.

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