The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W C Manuel


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Private William Charles MANUEL, G/29377, 7th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  (formerly 70300, Devon Regiment), killed in action, Flanders France, 23rd October 1918. 

Born Winterbourne, Kingston, Dorset, son of Charles James & Elizabeth Manuel.


1911 Census - Shapwick, Blandford, Dorset - Charles Manuel, head, age 41, married, carter on farm, worker, born Mapperton, Dorset; Elizabeth Manuel, wife, age 42, married 18 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Winterbourne, Zelstone, Dorset; Daisy Manuel, daughter, age 17, single, born Winterbourne, Zelstone, Dorset; Celia Manuel, daughter, age 16, single, born Winterbourne, Zelstone, Dorset; William Manuel, son, age 12, school, born Winterbourne, Zelstone, Dorset; Gladys Manuel, daughter, age 8, school, born Shapwick, Dorset.


Enlisted Dorchester.

Buried at Le Cateau Communal Cemetery, III. C. 6., France.


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