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1888 Jan/Mar. Born in Kent
1891 census at Minster in Sheppey in Kent.
1911 census at 2nd R West Kent Barracks in Canterbury, Kent. He is a Private soldier and single.
1915 Feb 6. Lands in Asia .
2nd Battalion R West Kent. August 1914 : in Multan (Mooltan), India. Moved to Mesopotamia, arriving Basra 6 February 1915 where it came under command of 12th Indian Brigade. Two Companies were attached to the 30th Brigade in the 6th (Poona) Division in November 1915 and became besieged at Kut-al-Amara, where they were captured on 29 April 1916. The remaining Companies were attached to 34th Brigade which was part of 15th Indian Division, transferring to 17th Indian Division in August 1917. Remained in Mesopotamia throughout the war.
1922 Jan 19: 13289 Corporal Hugh Vivian Creighton, Royal West Kent Regiment, knocked downed and killed near Sheerness on leave from Ireland
