{"id":135,"date":"2016-11-18T13:50:05","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T13:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/?p=135"},"modified":"2016-11-18T13:50:05","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T13:50:05","slug":"austen-archie-1890-1917","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/2016\/11\/18\/austen-archie-1890-1917\/","title":{"rendered":"Austen, Archie (1890-1917)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Eldest son of Frederick and Emma Austen <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unable to find a listing in 1891 Census<\/p>\n<p>1901 Census aged 11 living at 50 Sidney Road, Borstal with his parents and 5 siblings. His father is a cement labourer and mother a dressmaker working at home.<\/p>\n<p>1911 Census aged 21 still living at 50 Sidney Road and employed as a Domestic Gardener. His father is listed as a General Labourer and mother still a dressmaker with the eldest daughter assisting. Archie has also gained another brother.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Military Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Private in 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\/4<sup>th<\/sup> BnThe Queen\u2019s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died on 30<sup>th<\/sup> December 1917 and buried at Alexandria (Hadra) War Cemetery, Egypt. Service No 39452<\/p>\n<p>Memorial Inscription in Borstal Mission<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everymanremembered.org\/profiles\/soldier\/475844\/\">http:\/\/www.everymanremembered.org\/profiles\/soldier\/475844\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His effects totalled \u00a37 15s. 1d.<\/p>\n<p>His battalion were based in Egypt from August 1915 and fought at Gallipoli and Gaza. At the time of Archie\u2019s death, they were involved in heavy fighting in Palestine around Bethlehem and Jerusalem between 1st and 28<sup>th<\/sup> December 1917 with heaviest fighting over Christmas itself. The battalion moved in to Brigade reserve on the 28<sup>th<\/sup> December 1917. As Archie was recorded as dying on 30<sup>th<\/sup> December it is likely that he was wounded during the course of this fighting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk\/war_diaries\/local\/2_4Bn_Queens.shtml\">http:\/\/www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk\/war_diaries\/local\/2_4Bn_Queens.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ancestry.com sources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1901 Census RG13; Piece: 725; Folio: 109; Page: 20<\/p>\n<p>1911 Census Class: RG14; Piece: 3889; Schedule Number: 207<\/p>\n<p>National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England; Soldiers&#8217; Effects Records, 1901-60; NAM Accession Number: 1991-02-333; Record Number Ranges: 685001-686500; Reference: 408<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other sources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Queens Royal Surrey Regiment Association<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sean Ryan, 2016<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/2016\/11\/18\/austen-archie-1890-1917\/&amp;t=Austen, Archie (1890-1917)' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Austen, Archie (1890-1917)%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/2016\/11\/18\/austen-archie-1890-1917\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/2016\/11\/18\/austen-archie-1890-1917\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/2016\/11\/18\/austen-archie-1890-1917\/&amp;title=Austen, Archie (1890-1917)' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/2016\/11\/18\/austen-archie-1890-1917\/&amp;title=Austen, Archie (1890-1917)' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eldest son of Frederick and Emma Austen Unable to find a listing in 1891 Census 1901 Census aged 11 living at 50 Sidney Road, Borstal &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/2016\/11\/18\/austen-archie-1890-1917\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40241,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[165029],"tags":[165239,165242,165245,165024,165238,165076,165241,165240,3921,165040,149970,165050,165246,165244,165104,165038],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40241"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions\/136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}