Individual Details
Anthony Walter Brook Kitchin
(10 Nov 1896 - 24 Sep 1915)
Events
| Birth | 10 Nov 1896 | Byfleet, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |  | ||
| Baptism | 9 Jan 1897 | Byfleet, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |  | | |
| Census | 1901 | Langdale, Station Road, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England | | ||
| Census | 1911 | School - Blackwood Cottage, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England | | ||
| Military | From 27 Jul 1915 to 24 Sep 1915 | Royal West Surrey Regiment, British Army | | | |
| Death | 24 Sep 1915 | Killed in Action - Somme, Centre, France | | | |
| Burial | Aft 24 Sep 1915 | Norfolk Cemetery, Bécourt, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France | | |
Families
| Father | Brook Taylor Kitchin (1869 - 1940) |
| Mother | The Honourable Margaret Foster (1874 - ) |
| Sibling | Winifred Nancy Brook Kitchin (1900 - ) |
Notes
Baptism
Extract from parish register: Baptisms solemnized in the parish of Byfleet in the county of Surrey in the year 1896No: 1898
9 January 1897 - born: 10 November 1896
Name: Anthony Walker Brook
Parents: Brook Taylor & Margaret
Surname: Kitchin
Address: Byfleet
Occupation (father): Architect
By: G W Kitchin, Dean of Durham
Military
Extract from Medal Rolls Index Card: Name: Kitchin, Anthony Walter BrookCorps: R.W. Surrey R. - Rank: ?
Remarks: Killed in Action - 24 Sept 1915.
Medals:
Victory / British - Roll: Off 158 - Page: 179
15 Star - Off 158 - Page: 23
Theatre of war first served in: France - Date of entry therein: 27 July 1915
Correspondence address: B Kitchin, Esq - 8 North View, Wimbledon Common, S.W. 19.
Death
From CWGC Website:Second Lieutenant KITCHIN, A W B
Died 22/09/1915
Aged 18
7th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Son of Brook and Margaret Kitchin, of 8, North View, Wimbledon Common, London.
Inscription:
WHO WOULD TRUE VALOUR SEE LET HIM COME HITHER" JOHN BUNYAN
Burial
From CWGC Web-site:Second Lieutenant KITCHIN, A W B
Buried at NORFOLK CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
Location: Somme, France
Cemetery/memorial reference: I. B. 12.
Endnotes
1. England & Wales - GRO Birth Index, 1896 Oct/Dec - Chertsey - Vol: 2a Page: 54.
2. Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912, Reference Number: BY/4/2.
3. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, FHL Film Number: 1278911.
4. Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912, Reference Number: BY/4/2.
5. 1901 Census - England, Class: RG13; Piece: 588; Folio: 15; Page: 22.
6. 1911 Census - England, Class: RG14; Piece: 2990; Schedule Number: 57.
7. British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920, Kitchin, Anthony Walter Brook .
8. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919, Kitchin, Anthony Walter Brook.
9. British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920, Kitchin, Anthony Walter Brook .
10. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919, Kitchin, Anthony Walter Brook.
11. Web-site: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Second Lieutenant KITCHIN, A W B.
12. Web-site: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Second Lieutenant KITCHIN, A W B.