The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sergeant R C Walsh

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Serjeant Robert Cecil WALSH, G/2182, 7th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action,  Flanders France, death presumed as on or after, 13th July 1916.

8th July 1892, born Hove, Brighton, Sussex, son of Robert Mortimer & *Lucy Ann Walsh, Savoy Turkish Baths, Savoy Street, Strand, WC / 81 Putney Bridge Road, Putney, SW15.

31st March 1906, Parish Church, St Pancras, Camden, baptism of Robert Cecil Walsh, son of Robert Mortimer, (shampooer), & *Lucy Ann Walsh, 58 Burton Street.

*Died June 1911 London, age 53.

1911 Census - 18 Tolmers Square, Hampstead Road, St Pancras NW - Lucy Ann Walsh, head, age 52, married 33 years, 5 children, 4 still alive, cook, butcher, born unknown, Essex; Robert Cecil Walsh, son, age 18, single, junior parcels despatching clerk, Continental Forwarding Agency, worker, born Brighton, Sussex.

1911 Census - 77 Oldfield Road, Stoke Newington, London. N - May de Pape, widow, head, age 60, born, nor known; John de Pape, son, age 26, married 7 years, 1 child, still alive, clerk boot warehouse, worker, born Tottenham; Harry Wilson, boarder, age 40, single, Tramway, motor man, born Bristol; Robert Walsh, boarder, age 50, single, shampooer, worker, born London.

Enlisted Tunbridge Wells, Kent, age 22 years & 64 days, height 5ft 8 inches, fresh complexion, blue eyes, dark hair.  Resided Strand, WC. Formerly clerk.

Home, 8th September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF, 26th July 1915 to 13th July 1916.

8th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th October 1914, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 8th December 1914, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 5th March 1915, promoted Corporal; 7th April 1915, appointed Lance Sergeant; 22nd July 1915, appointed paid Lance Sergeant; 9th February 1916, promoted Sergeant; 5th March 1916, 18 D R Station, conjunctivitis; 9th March 1916, to S Mid Casualty Clearing Station; 10th March 1916, apthalmic, to Duty; 13th July 1916, posted wounded & missing.

1st March 1920, Statement of Relatives - Father, Robert Mortimer Walsh; Sisters - L S Walsh, age 40, address unknown to me; C Walsh, age 38, address unknown to me; A Walsh, age 25, address unknown to me.

Legatee & engaged to be married to Miss Ethel Fox, 73 Earls Court Road, Kensington, London / 42 Georgiana Street, Camden Town, NW.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.