The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Sergeant E Hurst
Sergeant Ernest HURST, 241031, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 4th October 1917, age 29.
Born Lewes, Sussex, son of Mrs. Sarah A. Hurst, of 106, Western Road, Lewes, Sussex.
1911 Census - Earls Court Hotel, Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Ernest Jewell Hurst, age 22, single, waiter, born Lewes.
Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 27, height 5ft 6½ inches, weight 154lbs. Resided 12 Brewsdon? Road, Brixton, SW. Formerly hotel superintendent.
9th June 1915, enlisted & posted 2/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Service No.3613; 20th September 1915, appointed Acting unpaid Lance Corporal; 4th December 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 26th February 1916, promoted Corporal; 14th July 1916, appointed paid Lance Sergeant; 21st October 1916, promoted Sergeant; 14th July 1917 to 19th July 1917, Military Hospital, Canterbury; Folkestone, embarked; Boulogne, disembarked; 16th September 1917, Etaples 40 Infantry Base Depot, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th September 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field.
21st? December 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, separated for years and ????? family; Mother, Sarah All Hurst, 106, Western Road, Lewes, Sussex; Brothers - Private John Henry Hurst, age 35, still serving in the Army; Sisters - Lilian May Mockford, age 26, 106, Western Road, Lewes, Sussex.
Buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, V. K. 7., Belgium.
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