The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal W Bryant

Corporal William L BRYANT, G/4146, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 12th January 1916, age 32

Born Kensington, Middlesex.

Husband of Emily Bryant, of 14, Townfield Yard, Chesham, Buckinghamshire.

Previously served 3 years 1st Volunteer Battalion, ????.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent, age 32. Formerly laundryman.

17th October 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th November 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd December 1915, promoted Corporal.

5th October 1920, letter from eldest brother, William Harry Bryant, Cray Cottage, North Cray Road, Bexley, requesting medals.

15th October 1920, letter from War Office to William Harry Bryant, Cray Cottage, North Cray Road, Bexley, War Office instructions that medals are the property of the widow.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 & 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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