The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W Rhind

Private William RHIND, S/517, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 26th September 1915, age 42.

Born Newmarket, Aberdeenshire, son of James Rhind.

Previously served with 1st Scots Guards, time expired.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent, age 41, height 6ft & ½ inch, blue eyes, brown hair. Resided The Crown, Stone Street, Sevenoaks, Kent. Formerly labourer. Next of Kin (Uncle) Mr Moore - The Crown, Stone Street, Sevenoaks, Kent.

Home, 7th September 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF, 30th August 1915 to 26th September 1915.

7th September 1914, enlisted; 9th September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th February 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th March 1915, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment;

18th May 1915, Brighton, Sussex, married Eliza Sired, spinster, 2, Old Spa Villas, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire. Previous addresses - 18 Duncan Road, Ramsgate, Kent; Nurses Home Infirmary, Shoreham by Sea, Sussex; The Cottage, 37 Marlborough Place, Brighton, Sussex.

30th August 1915, posted BEF & embarked; 26th September 1915, posted missing.

12th June 1916, pension of 15/- a week awarded to wife.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, France.

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