The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal G A Ellis

Lance Corporal George Alfred ELLIS, L/7371, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died on wounds received in action, Flanders France, 13th September 1914.

Born Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk.

14th September 1903, enlisted Maidstone, Kent. Formerly glass bottle maker.

Husband of Amy Eliza Ellis, of 60, Oswald Road., Buckland, Dover, Dover.

1911 Census - 33 Pretoria Terrace, Buckland, Dover, Kent - Frances Wood, head, age 58, widow, 4 children still alive, needlewoman, at home, born Stourmouth, Kent; Agnes Wood, daughter, age 38, single, needlewoman, at home, born Stourmouth, Kent; Amy Ellis, daughter, age 35, married under 1 year, paper sorter, factory, born Ickham, Kent; George Ellis, son in law, age 25, married, Pier Buffet Attendant, Hotel, born Stoke by Nayland.

15th August 1914, posted BEF; 26th August 1914, wounded; 12th September 1914, body found; died between 26th August 1914 & 12th September 1914.

Commemorated at La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France.

Link to Dover War Memorial Project

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