The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Private W J Upton
Private William James UPTON, L/7996, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 18th April 1916.
Born Beckley, Rye, Sussex, son of Stephen, & Sarah Upton.
1st March 1885, Beckley, Sussex, baptism of William James Upton, son of Stephen, (labourer) & Sarah Upton.
Enlisted Maidstone, Kent.
1911 Census - Military, India - William James Upton, Private, age 25, single, 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Soldier, born Rye, Sussex.
1915 December, Cranbrook Registration District, William James Upton, married Nellie R J Grigsby.
22nd April 1915, posted BEF.
Widow - Nellie Rosetta Jane Upton, born 23rd March 1888.
Children - Eileen Margaret Upton, born 31st August 1916.
1918 March, Elham Registration District, Nellie R J Upton married Frank E Wells.
Commemorated at Basra Memorial, Panel 29, Iraq.
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