Private Charles WINTER, L/7912, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 18th April 1915, age 31.

Born Yarmouth, Norfolk, son of Charles John and Caroline Winter, of 69, Trafalgar Street, Gillingham, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent.  Resided New Brompton, Kent.

1911 Census - Military, India - Charles Winter, Private, age 25, single, 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, soldier, born Yarmouth, Norfolk.

1911 Census - 116 Saxon Street, Gillingham, Kent - Charles Winter, head, age 50, married, shipwright, Government Dockyard, worker, born Deptford, London; Caroline Winter, wife, age 51, married 30 years, 5 children, 4 still alive, born Great Yarmouth, Norfolk; Lionel Winter, son, age 22, single, baker, worker, born Gillingham, Kent; Edward Winter, son, age 16, single, messenger (Post Office), worker, born Gillingham, Kent; Frederick Winter, son, age 15, single, plumber apprentice, worker, born Gillingham, Kent.

15th August 1914 posted BEF.

Buried at Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery, VII. H. 19., Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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