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22nd (Kensington) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
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Those known to have served with22nd (Kensington) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918.
- Alley William Frederick. Cpl.
- Deeks Victor Alfred. Pte. (d.8th November 1918)
- Farnes Albert. Pte. (d.8th Mar 1917)
- Kingsland Frederick William. L/Cpl. (d.2nd February 1917)
- Parkes Alexander Henry. Pte. (d.1st Sep 1916)
- Skilton Charles Walter F.. Pte. (d.26th Dec 1916)
- Stow Eustace Tregear. L/Cpl. (d.1st February 1916)
- Turner Albert. Pte. (d.28th December 1917)
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Pte. Alexander Henry Parkes 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers (d.1st Sep 1916) Alexander Henry Parkes was my Grandfather. He fought in the Battle of the Somme and was killed aged 40 at Delville Wood. He is buried in Delville Wood Cemetery.
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Pte. Albert Turner 22nd (Kensington) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (d.28th December 1917) Albert Turner was my grandad on my father's side of the family. He died aged 33 and is buried in Louverval, France.
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L/Cpl. Eustace Tregear Stow 22nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.1st February 1916) Eustace Tregear Stow's male line has been traced back to circ. 1660's to Shoreham, Sussex with occupations such as shipwrights, Royal Navy, Customs & Excise and Post Office. With extensive research of this large family not many descendants exist today except through Eustace (and a few others). He died young but his family lives on.
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Pte. Victor Alfred Deeks 22nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.8th November 1918) Victor Deeks died on the 8th November 1918, aged 21. Buried in in the Niederzwehren Cemetery in Germany, he was the son of Alfred J. and E. Maud Deeks, of 6, Brunswick Terrace, Cambridge.
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Pte. Albert Farnes 22nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.8th Mar 1917) Albert Farnes served with the 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers and died on 8th March 1917.
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Pte. Charles Walter F. Skilton 22nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.26th Dec 1916) Charles Skilton was executed for desertion 26/12/1916 age 20. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing in Somme, France.
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Cpl. William Frederick Alley 22nd (Service) Battalion (Kensington) Royal Fusiliers Will Alley is my maternal grandfather. He had a glass eye which he would sneakily place on my shoulder and say "I've got my eye on you!" The glass eye was the result of an injury in the trenches in 1916. He always told us that a sniper's bullet killed the soldier next to him and then shot out his eye. According to his military records: Disability Gun shot wound. Date of disability: He states 4.2.1916, Place of disability: He states Givenchy. He states that while on sentry duty in trench at Givenchy he was shot through the mouth by rifle bullet which continued its course through nose and entered left eye. His eye was removed same day at Bethune Hospital, France. His MHS shows that his eye was removed for bullet wound same day in France. The report states No 654 Pte E.R. Clark, 22nd Roy Fus, is supposed to have wounded Pte Alley by the accidental discharge of his rifle in the front line trench., There were no witnesses of the accident Present condition is reported as: His left eye is enucleated and has left a socket which is fairly healthy but is occasionally subject to attacks of conjunctivitis. RE vision = 6/36 [myopic] and with glass vision is 6/12.
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