The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W H G Norman

Private William Henry George NORMAN, G/5940, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of malaria, at Amara, 32 Base General Hospital, with Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 1st October 1918.

19th June 1894, born Orpington, Kent, son of George William & Clara Eliza Norman, 67 Jacksons Road, Bromley, Kent.

1911 Census - 67 Jacksons Road, Bromley Common, Kent - George William Norman, head, age 46, married, coal carman worker, born Essex; Clara Eliza, wife, age 39, married 18 years, 3 children, 2 still alive, born Forest Hill, Surry; Matilda Roberts, step daughter, age 18, single, laundress, worker, born Farnborough, Kent; George William, son, age 16, single, milkman, worker, born Orpington, Kent; Eliza Jane Cheeseman, mother in law, age 71, married 18 years, 1 child, still alive, Private Means, born Farnborough, Kent.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 20 years & 9 months, height 5ft ?? inches. Resided 67 Jacksons Road, Bromley, Kent. Formerly gardener.

9th March 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 20th March 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th December 1915, posted Indian Expeditionary Force & 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th December 1915, Keynsham Dockyard, embarked per H.T. Kinfauns Castle; disembarked Ashar; 1st June 1916, joined Battalion; 14th June 1916, Khanisiyah, admitted to hospital, PUO; 22nd June 1916, discharged from Hospital; 25th June 1916, diarrhoea; 8th July 1916, discharged to Duty; 17th September 1916, Busra, 3 Base General Hospital, JCT hand; 25th September 1916, transferred sick to India; 21st April 1917, rejoining Battalion, Indian Expeditionary Force "D"; 23rd April 1917, Bombay, embarked; 2nd May 1917, Busra, disembarked; 10th May 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; 19th August 1917, present with Unit; 28th November 1917, 19 Field Ambulance, scarlet fever; 8th January 1918, Bagdad, Convalescent Depot; 12th January 1918, Bagdad, discharged to Rest Camp; 16th January 1918, rejoined Battalion, In the Field; 12th March 1918, present with Unit; 14th September 1918, 36 FA, admitted, NYD fever; 28th September 1918, Amara, 32 Base General Hospital, reported dangerously ill with malaria.

20th May 1920, Clara Eliza Norman of 67 Jacksons Rd, Bromley, Kent, took possession of personal effects.

Buried at Amara War Cemetery, XII. F. 10., Iraq. Commemorated on Bromley War Memorial.

NOTE from CWGC - In 1933, all of the headstones were removed from this cemetery when it was discovered that salts in the soil were causing them to deteriorate. Instead a screen wall was erected with the names of those buried in the cemetery engraved upon it.

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