The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G L Foam

Photograph by "Geoffrey Gillon"

Private George Lewis FOAM, G/6258, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died, 18th August 1920, age 28.

11th July1892 born Eastry, Kent, son of George Albert & Charlotte Jane Foam, The Haven, Canada Road, Walmer, Kent.

1st March 1907, enlisted Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham Division, Service No.15409.

1911 Census - Royal Marine Depot, Walmer, Kent - George A Foam, head, age 38, married, musician Royal Marines, born St Georges, London; Elizabeth Foam, wife, age 37, married 15 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Deal, Kent; Albert J Foam, son, age 14, born Deal, Kent; Dorothy E Foam, daughter, age 13, school, born Deal, Kent; Irene L Foam, daughter, age 11, school, born Sholden, Kent; Cecil W Foam, son, age 9, born Deal, Kent; Anson C Foam, son, age 4, born Walmer, Kent; Alexander G Foam, son, age 1, born Walmer, Kent; George L Foam, son, age 18, single, general labourer, born Deal, Kent.

Previously served Royal Marine Light Infantry & in Royal West Kent Regiment, 4th Infantry Company, 5th Battalion, (Territorial Force, Service No.8720), from 23rd October 1914 to 21st April 1915.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent, age 22 years & 10 months. Resided The Haven, Canada Road, Walmer, Kent. Formerly bus conductor, with British Automobile Traction Company.

Home 21st April 1915 to 11th May 1915; BEF 12th May 1915 to 31st October 1915; Home 1st November 1915 to 14th February 1916; Indian Expeditionary Force, 15th February 1916 to 24th August 1916; Home 25th August 1916 to 26th February 1917.

21st April 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th May 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; *3rd July 1915 to 28th September 1915, 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge then transferred to Eastbourne Convalescent Home; 1st November 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th February 1916, posted Indian Expeditionary Force & 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th Augustv1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th February 1917, discharged, no longer physically fit for War Service.

* according to other records in France at the time.

14th February 1917, awarded pension of 18/9 a week, 6 months, conditional.

Silver War Badge issued 21st May 1917 to G L Foam esq, The Haven, Canada Road, Walmer, Kent.

2nd April1918, Willesborough, married Margaret Francis Smith, spinster, of Knorr? Hill House, The Lees, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent.

15th December 1919, Kings Certificate No.6075 sent to G L Foam esq, 10B The Street, Willesborough, near Ashford, Kent.

Buried at Ashford (Willesborough) Cemetery, Q. 697., United Kingdom. Commemorated at St Mary the Virgin, Willesborough, Kent

NOTE: Not included in Regimental History or Soldiers Died in the Great War, but shown on CWGC web site.

This page was last updated on 13-Jan-2019.