The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A Root

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Private Albert ROOT,  G/18327, G/13173), 11th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 133 Field Ambulance, France, 19th September 1917.

Born Great Waltham, Essex, son of Samuel & Selina Root.

1911 Census - Braintree Road, Great Road, Great Waltham, Chelmsford, Essex - Samuel Root, age 52, head, married, farm labourer, worker, born Great Waltham; Selina Root, wife, age 50, married 31 years, 10 children, 7 still alive, born Great Waltham; George Root, son, age 22, single, farm labourer, worker, born Great Waltham; Albert Root, son, age 20, single, carter, builder, worker, born Great Waltham; Ernest Root, son, age 15, single, farm labourer, worker, born Great Waltham; Ethel Root, daughter, age 11, school, born Great Waltham.

13th April 1914, Great Waltham, Essex, married Mabel Marshall, spinster, Braintree Road, Great Waltham, Chelmsford, Essex.

Children - Ada Ethel, born 6th August 1914, Great Waltham, Essex; Gladys Eva, born 25th April 1916, Great Waltham, Essex.

Enlisted Chelmsford, Essex, age 25 years & 11 months, height 5ft 4½ inches, weight 129lbs. Resided Braintree Road, Great Waltham, Chelmsford, Essex. Formerly groom & gardener.

Home 8th December 1915 to 5th September 1916; BEF 6th September 1916 to 26th February 1917; Home 27th February 1917 to 13th June 1917; BEF 14th June 1917 to 19th September 1917.

8th December 1915, enlisted; 9th Decembver 1915, to Army Reserve; 8th April 1916, mobilized; 9th April 1916, posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916, transferred 23rd Brigade, posted 99th Reserve Battalion, Service No.TR/10/40629; 6th September 1916, posted BEF; 6th September 1916, embarked / disembarked; 18th September 1916, joined 11th Battalion, In the Field; 7th October 1916, wounded in action; 17th October 1916, 38 Casualty Clearing Station, gun shot wound, right hand; 6th November 1916, rejoined Battalion; 20th December 1916, Boulogne, 13 Stationery Hospital, JCT legs; 26th February 1917, PUO (trench fever), to England per Hospital Ship, Princess Elizabeth; 27th February 1917, posted Depot; 27th February 1917, Horton? County of London War Hospital, Epsom, PUO, -1st November 1916,  noticed swelling of legs in winter after marching, 27th December 1916, sent to hospital & been in various hospitals ever since, had irregular temperatures before entering Horton & some myalgia, given ordinary treatment & is very much improved, has no ????? now; 26th April 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th June 1917, posted BEF & 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th July 1917, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd August 1917, 11 Casualty Clearing Station, trench fever; 10th August 1917, 6 Convalescent Depot; 13th August 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 29th August 1917, rejoined Battalion, In the Field; 19th September 1917, wounded in action: 19th September 1917, 133 Field Ambulance, shrapnel wound chest.

8th April 1918, pension of 22/11 a week awarded to widow & two children.

1919 June Quarter, Chelmsford Registration District, Mabel Root, married Albert Galley.

9th November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Mabel Root, Braintree Road, Little Waltham, Chelmsford; Children - Ada Ethel Root, 6th September 1914, Braintree Road, Little Waltham, Chelmsford; Gladys Eva, 26th April 1916, Braintree Road, Little Waltham, Chelmsford; Father, Samuel Root, Braintree Road, Little Waltham, Chelmsford; Mother, Selina Root, Braintree Road, Little Waltham, Chelmsford; Brothers - William Root, age 36, Surrey? Hall, Great Waltham, Chelmsford; George Root, age 32, Chatham Green, Little Waltham, Chelmsford; Ernest Root, age 25, Braintree Road, Little Waltham, Chelmsford; Sisters - Mrs Stag?, age 40, 8 Chesnut Gardens, Sutton, Surrey; Ethel Root, age 20, Braintree Road, Little Waltham, Chelmsford; Grandparents - Mrs Wakeling (widow), Braintree Road, Little Waltham, Chelmsford; Nephews / Nieces - Queenie? Stag?, age 11?, 8 Chesnut Gardens, Sutton, Surrey; William Root, age 19?, Surrey? Hall, Great Waltham, Chelmsford; Arthur Root, age 7, Surrey? Hall, Great Waltham, Chelmsford; Uncles / Aunts - Arthur Wakeling, age 45, Chatham Green, Little Waltham, Chelmsford.

Buried at Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, II. A. 6., Belgium. Commemorated Great Waltham War Memorial.