The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W H Vercoe

Private William Hart VERCOE, G/20139, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 26th October 1917, age 19.

Born Barcombe, Sussex, son of Hart and Annie Maria Vercoe, Banks Farm, Barcombe, Sussex.

1911 Census - Banks Farm, Barcombe, Sussex - Hart Vercoe, head, age 47, married, Farmer, employer, at home, born Torquay, Devon; Annie M Vercoe, wife, age 46, married 24 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Kimpton Magna, Dorset; Ida Mary Vercoe, daughter, age 23, single, born Henstridge, Somerset; Amy E M Vercoe, daughter, age 18, single, born Bowden, Somerset; Allan W Vercoe, son, age 15, single, born Bowden, Somerset; William H Vercoe, son, age 12, born Bowden, Somerset; Kathleen A Vercoe, daughter, age 5, born Bowden, Somerset; Helen S Drummond, visitor, age 56, widow, married 23 years, 5 children, all still alive, occupation, none, born Clapton, London; Helen F Drummond, visitor, age 16, single, schoolgirl, born Sevenoaks, Kent.

Enlisted Brighton, Sussex, age 18 years & 6 months, height 5ft 7½ inches, weight 143lbs. Resided Banks Farm, Barcombe, Sussex. Formerly farming.

Home 21st September 1916 to 11th October 1917; BEF 12th October 1916 to 26th October 1917.

21st September 1916, deemed to have enlisted; 9th July 1916, Aldershot, absent off pass, midnight 8th July to 8.30am 9th July 1916, admonished, forfeits 1 days pay; 1st May 1917, called up for Service; 1st May 1917, posted 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment, Service No.37510; 1st September 1917, transferred to Royal Fusiliers, G/59304, for posting to 5th Battalion, London Regiment; 12th October 1917, posted BEF, 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 14th October 1917, 39 Infantry Base Depot, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th October 1917, joined Battalion In the Field; 26th October 1917, posted missing.

18th November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Hart Vercoe, Banks Farm, Barcombe; Mother, Annie Vercoe, Banks Farm, Barcombe; Brother - Allan Woodman Vercoe; Sisters - Ida Mary Gurr, age 30, Banks Farm, Barcombe; Ethel Grace Redfern, age 29, Kennels?, Bryanston, Blandford; Jessie May Vercoe, age 27, 19 Landsdown Place, Hove; Amy Vercoe, age 25, Banks Farm, Barcombe; Kathleen Vercoe, age 18, Banks Farm, Barcombe.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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