WITTERSHAM - Kent Fallen
WITTERSHAM - Kent Fallen
WITTERSHAM - Kent Fallen
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NASH C.I<br />
NO TRACE<br />
PAINE A<br />
Private T/1418 Alfred PAINE. 5 th Battalion, The Buffs (East <strong>Kent</strong> Regiment). Died of Cholera<br />
Friday 28 th April 1916. Born Wittersham, <strong>Kent</strong>. Enlisted Tenterden. Buried in the Amara War<br />
Cemetery, Amara, Iraq. Grave reference XXI.H.16.<br />
The Ashford 1918 Absentee Voters List gives –<br />
Ham Green, Wittersham<br />
Private 240577 Albert PAINE. South Staffordshire Regiment.<br />
Private 240304 Thomas PAINE. 5 th Buffs (East <strong>Kent</strong> Regiment).<br />
Underhill, Wittersham<br />
Private 228056 William Samuel PAINE. 2 nd Royal Fusiliers.<br />
On the 21 st April 1916 the 5 th battalion advanced near Kut and fought a major engagement with<br />
the Turks. On the 27 th April many men reported sick with cholera. Environmental conditions were<br />
appalling and medical facilities were rudimentary. The regimental diaries state that 3 men died of<br />
Cholera on the 28 th April 1916. Alfred was one of these men.<br />
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