The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sergeant J R Vant

Photograph by "LESUEUR Dominque"

Christ Church, South Ashford, War Memorial

Photograph by "AJHQ"

Serjeant John Robert VANT, G/183, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 13th April 1918.

Born Ashford, Kent, son of Stephen Alfred & Caroline Maria Vant.

1901 Census - 20 Rugby Road, Ashford, Kent - Stephen Vant, head, age 29, married, labour, engine, worker, born Islington, London; Caroline Vant, wife, age 28, married, born Sunderland, Durham; Charles Vant, son, age 8, born Newcastle, North Land; John Vant, son, age 6, born Ashford, Kent; Emily Vant, daughter, age 4, born Newcastle, North Land; William Vant, son, age 2, born Newcastle, North Land; Stephen Vant, son, age 6 months, born Ashford, Kent.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent.

1st June 1915, posted BEF.

Buried at St Sever Cemetery Extension, P. VII. M. 8B., Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.

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