L/9588 Drummer Robert Earwicker of the 2nd Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, died of wounds on the 14th January 1916. Robert was a regular soldier who had enlisted at Colchester, probably towards the end of 1912, and had been in France since the 4th October 1914. He was born in Penge and was living in Beckenham at the time of his enlistment.
I have been unable to locate Robert's record on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's website but a quick search of the 1901 census locates him as a six year old living at 123 Parish Lane in Penge. He would therefore have been about 21 years old at the time of his death.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in The Great War
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