The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Second Lieutenant F W Hamilton
Photograph by "International Wargraves Photography Project"
Second Lieutenant Francis William HAMILTON, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 3rd March 1916.
Son of George & Martha Hamilton, 16 Woodland Terrace, Charlton, London, SE7.
1st December 1895, St Thomas, Charlton, Greenwich, baptism of Francis William Hamilton, son of George, (engineer) & Martha Hamilton, 16 Woodland Terrace, Charlton, London, SE7.
1st December 1895, St Thomas, Charlton, Greenwich, baptism of Frederick Stewart Hamilton, son of George, (engineer) & Martha Hamilton, 16 Woodland Terrace, Charlton, London, SE7.
1901 Census - 16 Woodland Terrace, Charlton, London, SE7 - George Hamilton, head, age 41, head, married, steam engine, worker, born Pimlico, London; Martha Hamilton, wife, age 40, married, born Lambeth, Surrey; Constance Hamilton, daughter, age 19, single, born Battersea, Surrey; George Hamilton, son, age 14, printer, machinist, worker, born Wandsworth, Surrey; Federic Hamilton, son, age 12, born Enfield, Middlesex; Francis Hamilton, son, age 5, born Charlton, London; Mabel Hamilton, daughter, age 3, born Charlton, London; Percy Hamilton, son, age 1, born Charlton, London.
1911 Census - 19A High Street, St Johns Wood, London, NW - George Lindsay, head, age 30, married, Captain, Rifle Brigade, Army, born Leckwith, Glamorganshire; Constance Lindsay, wife, age 25, married 3 years, 1 child, not alive, born Barnes, London; Francis Hamilton, brother in law, age 15, single, school, born Charlton, Kent; Elsie Le Page, servant, age 24, general domestic servant, born St Martins, Guernsey.
5th October 1915, posted BEF.
Register of Effects - to Messrs Cox & Co. for credit to account of Mrs Constance Elizabeth Lindsay.
Buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, II. A. 44., Belgium.
London Gazette 16th December 1915.
The under mentioned temporary Second Lieutenants are transferred from Reserve Battalions, with dates specified against their names. Francis W. Hamilton. 22nd September, 1914.
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