The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F Down

Private Frederick Ernest DOWN, G/10447, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 15th September 1916.

Born Saltwood, Kent, son of George & Elizabeth Down.

3rd August 1884, Kent, England, baptism of Frederick Ernest Down, son of George & Elizabeth Down.

28th March 1910, Ashford, married Gertrude Elizabeth Richardson, spinster.

Children - Frederick George Down, born 4th August 1910, Ashford, Kent; Nellie Gertrude Down born 24th June 1913, Ashford, Kent.

1911 Census - 22 Wolseley Road, Ashford, Kent - Frederick Ernest Down, head, age 26, married, hairdresser, employer, born Saltwood, Kent; Gertrude Elizabeth Down, wife, age 27, married 1 years, i child, still alive, born Ashford, Kent; Frederick George Down, son, age 7 months, born Ashford, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 31, height 5ft 4½ inches, weight 120lbs. Resided 71 Brewer Street, Maidstone, Kent. Formerly hairdresser.

Home 20th October 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF 3rd May 1916 to 15th September 1916.

20th October 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 20th October 1915, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1916, Southampton, embarked; 4th May 1916, Havre, disembarked;

19th June 1917, date when Separation Allowance of 21/- a week & Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week will cease.

21st May 1917, pension of 22/11 a week awarded to widow & two children.

5th July 1917, widow now living at 14 Chapel Place, Union Street, Maidstone, Kent; April 1920, 13 Water Lane, Maidstone, Kent.

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

AWARDS: MM

London Gazette 9th December 1916.

His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to award the Military Medal for bravery in the Field to the under mentioned Non-Commissioned Officers and Men:

G/10447, Pte. F Down, Royal West Kent Regiment.

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