The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Second Lieutenant H C Came

Second Lieutenant Harold Charles CAME, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, 20th September 1917.

Born Wilmington, Kent, son of Charles John & Annie Ellen Came.

1911 Census - 74 Sandrock Road, Lewisham, Kent - Charles John Came, head, age 48, married, manufacturer of special food for infants & invalids, worker, born Chelsea, London; Annie Ellen Came, wife, age 44, married 21 years, 3 children, all still alive, newsagents & tobacconist shop, employer, born Bermondsey, London; Harold Charles Came, son, age 20, single, auctioneer & estate agents clerk, born Wilmington, Kent; Dorothy Annie Came, daughter, age 19, single, typist, born Wilmington, Kent; * Francis John Came, son, age 11, school, born Wilmington, Kent.

* 28th June 1918, called up for Service in 15th Battalion, London Regiment, demobilized 15th March 1920.

Previously Private South Wales Borderers, Service No.35528.

8th April 1918, Probate - Came Harold Charles of 74 Sandrock Road, Lewisham, Kent. Temporary Second Lieutenant, Royal West Kent Regiment, died 20th September 1917, in France or Belgium on Active Service. Administration (with will) London 8th April to Annie Ellen Came (wife of Charles John Came). Effects £89 7s 1d.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

London Gazette 17th July 1917.

War Office, 18th July, 1917. REGULAR FORCES.

The under mentioned cadets to be temporary 2nd Lieutenants (attached). - 27 June 1917:

Royal West Kent Regiment - Harold Charles Came.

London Gazette 6th November 1917.

War Office, 6th November, 1917. REGULAR FORCES.

The under mentioned temporary 2nd Lieutenants, from attached, unless otherwise stated, are transferred to Service Battalions, with seniority from 27 June 1917:

Royal West Kent Regiment - H. C. Came

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