TENTERDEN - Kent Fallen

AVERY R
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Sapper 4054 Richard (Dick) AVERY. 11 th Signal Company, Royal Engineers (RE). Died 7 th
February 1915 aged 22 years. Born Tenterden. Enlisted Rugby. Eldest son of Richard Avery of
East Court, Tenterden. The address of “Elmdene”, Elmfield, Tenterden is also mentioned.
Richard is buried locally in the St Mildred’s Church Cemetery, Tenterden, Kent. Grave reference
453.
BALLARD E.F
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Rifleman 593474 Ernest F BALLARD. 18 th Battalion (London Irish Rifles), London
Regiment. Formerly (4482) 4 th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 25 th March
1918. Born Tenterden. Enlisted Canterbury. Resided Tenterden. Ernest has no known grave. His
name appears on the Arras Memorial, Arras, France. Grave reference Bay 10.
The Ashford 1918 Absentee Voters List gives –
Fam Buildings, Tenterden
Stoker 1 st Class Frederick Albert BALLARD. HMS Sentinnel, Royal Navy.
West Cross, Tenterden
Sergeant Samuel BALLARD. 4 th Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
BARHAM A.C
Private T/241584 Albert Charles BARHAM. 5 th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
Died India 27 th November 1917 aged 41 years. Born Tenterden. Resided Tenterden. Son of
Edwin and Mary Barham of St Michael’s, Tenterden, Kent. Albert has no known grave. His name
appears on the Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, India. Panel reference Face B.
The 5 th battalion was in Mesopatamia (Iraq) in 1917. Albert was probably left behind in India when
the 5 th Buffs moved away in 1916 perhaps on garrison duty and was killed on the North West
Frontier. Alternatively, Albert may have been ill through disease and left behind in an Indian
hospital where he later died. It is unclear how Albert’s body came to be lost.
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