The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W S Venters

Photograph by "Paul"

Private Walter Stanley VENTERS, L/11181, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 13th July 1916, age 19.

14th March 1897, born Bromley, Kent, son of William George Thomas and Rose Venters, 7, Wharton Road, Bromley, Kent.

1911 Census - 45 Connaught Road, Reading, Berkshire - Rose Venters, wife, age 40, married 21 years, 11 children, 9 still alive, born Holloway, London; Arthur David Venters, son, age 18, single, general labourer, brick kiln, unemployed, born Wandsworth, London; Herbert George Venters, son, age 16, Porter at Confectionist, worker, born Caterham, Surrey; Walter Stanley Venters, son, age 13, school, born Bromley; Ethel Rose Venters, daughter, age 10, school, born Bromley; Mabel Constance Venters, daughter, age 6, school, born Thames Ditton, Surrey; James Alfred Venters, son, age 4, born Thames Ditton, Surrey; Phyllis Ida Venters, daughter, age 2, born Thames Ditton, Surrey; Vera Venters, daughter, age 6 months, born Reading, Berkshire.

Previously Served Army Reserve "B".

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 18 years & 11 months, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 105lbs, fair complexion, grey eyes, brown hair. Formerly milkman.

Separation Allowance of 2/5 a week and Allotment of Pay of 7d a week payable to mother.

Home, 2nd February 1916 to 15th June 1916; BEF, 16th June 1916 to 13th July 1916.

2nd February 1916, enlisted; 3rd February 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th February 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment;

27th February 1916 to 13th March 1916, Drill Hall Hospital, Chatham, influenza; 13th March 1916 to 31st March 1916, Great Armitage Hospital, Rochester, discharge from ears; 4th May 1916, Chatham, improper conduct in the ranks, 10 days confined to Barracks; 16th June 1916, posted BEF & 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th June 1916, embarked; 17th June 1916, Etaples, 18 Infantry Base Depot; 6th July 1916, joined Battalion; 13th July 1916, wounded and missing.

18th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, William George Thomas Venters, 7, Wharton Road, Bromley, Kent; Mother, Rose Venters, 7, Wharton Road, Bromley, Kent; Brothers - Pte Arthur David, age 26; Herbert George, age 23; James Alfred, age 12; Sisters - Ethel Rose, 18; Mabel Constance, age 14; Phyllis Ida, age 11; Marjorie Eleanor Nancy, age 5.

Buried at Peronne Road Cemetery, I. C. 9., Maricourt, Somme, France. Commemorated on Bromley War Memorial.

NOTE: Soldiers Died in the Great War gives date of death as 13th July 1916; CWGC web site shows 14th July 1916; Service Records show 19th July 1916 amended to 13th July 1916.

This page was last updated on 09-Sep-2023.