WITTERSHAM - Kent Fallen

BRUNGER E. F
Private T/240901 Edward Frank BRUNGER. 2 nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
Formerly 5 th Battalion. Died Tuberculosis (Galloping Consumption) 6 th August 1917. Born 16 th
August 1896 Wittersham 16 th August 1896. Resided White Hill, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent.
Enlisted Ashford. Edward has no known grave. His name appears on the Kirkee War Memorial,
near Bombay, India.
Great Uncle of Pieta James of Queensland, Australia.
The Ashford 1918 Absentee Voters List gives –
White Hill, Boughton Aluph
Private 203084 Henry BRUNGER. 4 th Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
In August 1917 the 2 nd Buffs were in Salonika, Greece fighting the Bulgarian Army. Edward had
been left behind in India suffering from T.B. Edward eventually died of Consumption (T.B) in the
Bombay British Military Hospital.
HOAD P.E
Private TF/2196 Percy Ewert HOAD. 5 th Battalion (Cinque Ports), Royal Sussex Regiment.
Died 28 th July 1915 aged only 17 years. Served with the B.E.F. Born 10 th July 1898 at Kings
Gate, Wittersham, Kent. Enlisted Hastings, Sussex. Son of George Hoad Mrs Sarah Parsons of
Ferry Road, Rye, East Sussex. Formerly White Cottage, The Strand, Rye, Sussex. Buried in the
Labourse Communal Cemetery. Grave reference A.6.
Percy was educated in Rye, Sussex. He enlisted 15 th August 1914 and went to France 10 th July
1915. Percy was killed in action by an enemy shell.
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