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Private William FIELD, G/23279, 1st  Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly G/10978, The Buffs), died of wounds, Flanders France, 16th August 1917, age 27.

Born Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, son of William and Phyllis Field, of No Mans Land, Wheathampstead, St. Albans, Hertfordshire.


1911 Census - No Mans Land, Wheathampstead, St. Albans, Hertfordshire - Phillis Field, head, age 50, widow, married 24? years, 6 children, 5 still alive, works at home, born Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire; Mary Field, daughter, age 26, single, born Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire; Alfred Field, son, age 24, single, nursery labourer, cucumber nursery, worker, born Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire; William Field, son, age 21, single, farm labourer, born Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire; Emily Field, daughter, age 18, single, born Landridge, Hertfordshire; Birlie Field, son, age 18, single, farm labourer, born Landridge, Hertfordshire.


Enlisted St Albans, Hertfordshire.

Buried at Duisans British Cemetery, VI. C. 1., Etrun, Pas de Calais, France.


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