William's son Thomas George Kent is 90 this year. I am trying to do his family whilst heis able to be interrogated. He said his father William told him about a brother Charles. who was killed in WW1. Thomas was born in 1925 a year after his father was demobbed from the Marines. Although William had a job at the Lloyds Paper Mill, Sittingbourne, he was away alot, ostensibly on Royal Naval reserve business, although he did not rise through the ranks during his 21 years of service. The family half think that Williams death (April 1939) from a hand injury which turned septic incurred at the Paper Mill and the subject of a Coroners Inquest, is somehow a coverup related to the navy service.
I don't think there is evidence for this but I do accept that his father was away frequently for periods at a time.
There could be other more mundane reasons for his absences. In any event Thomas spernt much more time with his maternal Grandfather than his own father and thus knows very little about his fathers background. The puzzle is the lack of certificates etc.
I will try and attach Williams service record. If it doesn't work I will try tomorrow.
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