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Private R J Wesson


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Private Richard James WESSON, G/20254, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 26th October 1917, age 35.

Born Wapping, Middlesex, son of Thomas Ellett Wesson & Clementina Mary Wesson, 29, Barnes Street, Ratcliffe, London.


1911 Census - 4 Matlock Street, Limehouse, London E - Thomas Ellett Wesson, head, age 61, married, warehouseman, ship stores, worker, born Wapping, London; Clementina Mary Wesson, wife, age 57, married 32 years, 8 children, all still alive, born Brompton, London; Richard James Wesson, son, age 28, single, warehouseman, ship stores, worker, born Shadwell, London; Grace Lydia Wesson, daughter, age 26, single, cork stamper, worker, born Shadwell, London; Thomas Edward Wesson, son, age 23, single, clerk mercantile, ship owner, worker, born Wapping, London; Minnie Charlotte Wesson, daughter, age 18, single, factory maid general goods, worker, born Wapping, London; Herbert Ebenezer Wesson, son, age 16, single, clerk mercantile, drapery warehouse, worker, born St George E, London; Alexander John Wesson, son, age 12, school, born Mile End, London.


Enlisted Stepney, Middlesex, age 33 years & 4 months, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 128lbs, glasses, upper & lower denture, small circular scar base right forefinger. Resided 29, Barnes Street, Stepney, London E. Formerly Clerk.

Home 24th November 1915 to 10th October 1917; BEF 11th October 1917 to 26th October 1917.

24th November 1915, enlisted; 25th November 1915, to Army Resereve; 20th March 1917, Holborn, Medical History, age 34, height 5ft 5½ inches, 131lbs, scar base right forefinger, slight flat feet. Fit Category "A"; 15th June 1917, mobilized & posted 1st (Reserve), Battalion, London Regiment, Service No.204860; 17th June 1917, typhoid inoculation; 25th June 1917, typhoid inoculation; 27th June 1917,  typhoid inoculation; 9th July 1917, Army Spectacles will be provided; 12th October 1917, Southampton, embarked; 13th October 1917, Havre, disembarked; 13th October 1917, Havre, 7th Infantry Base Depot; 16th October 1917, transferred from 1st (Reserve), Battalion, London Regiment to 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st October 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; 26th October 1917, wounded & posted missing..

8th July 1918, date when Separation Aloowance of 7/9 a week payable to mother, will cease.

14th December 1918, Probate - Richard James Wesson, of 29, Barnes Street, Stepney Middlesex Private 1st Battalion R.W. Kent Regiment died on or since 26th October 1917 in France. Administration London 14th December to Thomas Ellett Wesson, warehouseman. Effects £314 2s 6d.

8th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Thomas Ellett Wesson 29, Barnes Street, Stepney E14; Mother, Clementina Mary Wesson, 29, Barnes Street, Stepney E14; Brothers - Thomas Edward Wesson, age 32, 29, Barnes Street, Stepney E14; Herbert Wesson, age 25, 29, Barnes Street, Stepney E14; Sisters - Mary Murray, age 39, 35 Gainsboro Avenue, Manor Park; Minnie Whitlord?, age 27, 102 Addison Road, Upper Caterham; Emma Churchill, age 29, 98 Ruskin Avenue, ??????; Grace Wesson, age 35, 29, Barnes Street, Stepney E14.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.


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