The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W L Field

Photograph by "Simon Tiron"

Private William Lawrence FIELD, G/11696, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on 15th October 1918.

Born Faversham, Kent, son of John & Sarah Ann Field.

1911 Census - 2 Belle View Road, Minster on Sea, Isle of Sheppy - John Field, head., age 4, married, general labourer, builders, born Maidstone, Kent; Sarah Field, wife, age 53, married 22 years, 3 children, all still alive, laundress, born Dover; William Field, son, age 17, single, general labourer, born Faversham; Emily Field, daughter, age 15, single, domestic servant, born Faversham; Percy Field, son, age 4, born Minster on Sea.

Enlisted Sheerness, Kent, age 22 years & 222 days, height 5ft 7½ inches, weight 133lbs, deaf in right ear, not considered fit for active service. Resided 2 Belle View Road, Minster, Sheppey, Kent. Formerly bricklayers labourer.

Home 11th December 1915 to 2nd May 1916. BEF 3rd May 1916 to 1st July 1916; Home 2nd July 1916 to 16th December 1916; BEF 17th December 1916 to 15th October 1918.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 5th January 1916, mobilized; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF; 5th Juky 1916 to 2nd August 1916, No.5 Southern General Hospital, gune shot wound, arm? left?, slight; 2nd August 1916 to 21st August 1916, Hazelwood? Oxley? Hospital; 31st August 1916, posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th December 1916, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th July 1918, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

26th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, John Field, 2 Belle View Road, Minster, Sheppey; Mother, Sarah Ann Field, 2 Belle View Road, Minster, Sheppey; Brother - Percy Field, age 13, 2 Belle View Road, Minster, Sheppey; Sister - Emily Field, age 23, 2 Belle View Road, Minster, Sheppey.

Buried at Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension, II. E. 16., Nord, France.

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