The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W Underwood

Inscription - "WORTHY OF EVERLASTING LOVE & REMEMBRANCE"

Photograph by "Claude Laignel"

Private William UNDERWOOD, G/20039, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 26th October 1917.

Born Thorpe Satchville, Leicestershire, son of Adan & Emily Underwood, Thorpe Satchville, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.

1911 Census - Thorpe Satchville, Leicester - Adam Underwood, head, age 51, married, farmer, employer, born Thorpe Satchville, Leicester; Emily Underwood, wife, age 50, married 28 years, 8 children, 7 still alive, born Old Dalby, Leicester; Adam Underwood, son, age 25, single, farmers son working on farm, worker, born Thorpe Satchville, Leicester; Frances Underwood, daughter, age 16, single, worker, born Thorpe Satchville, Leicester; William Underwood, son, age 14, farmer daughter dairy work, worker, born Thorpe Satchville, Leicester; Bertha Underwood, daughter, age 11, at school, born Thorpe Satchville, Leicester.

9th September 1916, Derby, married Winifred Evlone Scott, spinster.

Children - William George Underwood, born 25th July 1917, High Street, Piddleton, near Dorchester, Dorset.

Enlisted Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, age 19 years & 30 days. Resided Thorpe Satchville, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Formerly shepherd & horseman.

Home 10th December 1915 to 11th October 1917; BEF 12th October 1917 to 26th October 1917.

10th December 1915, enlisted; 10th December 1915 to Army Reserve; 18th April 1917, mobilized; 18th April 1917, posted General Service Cavalry, Service No.33814; 19th April 1917, joined No.3. Depot, General Service Cavalry; 23rd April 1917, posted 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment; 26th August 1917, Aldershot, when warned for draft absent off pass from 11.00pm 26th August 1917 to 9.00pm 27th August 1917, 3 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 2 days pay; 1st September 1917, transferred to Royal Fusiliers for posted to 5th Reserve Battalion, London Regiment, Service No. D/59170?; 12th October 1917, posted BEF & 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 12th October 1917, embarked; 14th October 1917, Etaples, 39th Infantry Base Depot, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th October 1917, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th October 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; 26th October 1917, posted missing.

24th June 1918, pension of 20/5 a week awarded to widow & one child.

6th April 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow - Winifred Evlone Underwood, High Street, Piddletown, Dorchester, Dorset; Children - William George Underwood, born 25th July 1917, High Street, Piddletown, Dorchester, Dorset; Father, Adan Underwood, Thorpe Satchville, Leicester; Mother, Emily Underwood, Thorpe Satchville, Leicester; Brother, Adan Underwood, age 33, Thorpe Satchville, Leicester; Sisters - Bertha Underwood, age 20, Thorpe Satchville, Leicester; Grandparents, None; Nephews / Nieces - Gerty, age 3, Thorpe Satchville, Leicester; Uncles / Aunts, none.

Buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, X. J. 8., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

This page was last updated on 08-Dec-2023.