Son of Rev. John Edward Kent, M.A., headmaster of the Bolton Church Institute (1902-1920), and of Emily Kent, formerly of 98, Castle Street, Haulgh, Bolton, Lancashire. Of The Raikes, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of the Bolton Church Institute. Formerly Private 3011, Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry / Lancashire Hussars. Commissioned 17/12/1916. Date of death wrongly recorded as 14/11/1917 on CWGC. Died at 36th Casualty Clearing Station, France.