The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal W Cable

Lance Corporal Walter CABLE, G/7867, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 12th October 1914.

10th December 1886, born Peckham, SE, son of Walter & Eliza Ann Cable, bootmaker.

Educated Lewisham & Catford L.C.C schools.

1911 Census - 97 Catford Hill, Catford, SE - Walter Cable, ahead, age 43, married, bootmaker, own account, born Camberwell, London; Eliza Ann Cable, wife, age 56, married 16 years, 5 children, 3 still alive, born Maidstone, Kent; Walter Cable, son, age 24, single, tram conductor, born Peckham, London; William Walter Cable, son, age 14, office boy, born Lee, Kent; Elizabeth Vallins, boarder, age 24, jam finisher, born Peckham, London.

30th July 1911, Christ Church, Epsom, Surrey, Walter Cable, age 25, bachelor, tramway conductor, 249 Hook Row, Epsom, Surrey, father Walter Cable, bootmaker married Elizabeth Vallins, age 25, spinster, 249 Hook Row, Epsom, Surrey, father Charles Vallins, deceased, house decorator.

Children - Walter Cable, born 28th April 1912; Robert Charles Cable, born 27th August 1914.

Enlisted New Cross, Kent. Resided 58 Rathfern Road, Catford, SE.

Served some years with the Colours, called up on mobilization, 4th August 1914, went to France with the Expeditionary Force.

Brother to Sergeant William Walter Cable, No.11441, 5th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Royal Berkshire Regiment, killed in action at the Battle of the Somme, 3rd July 1916, age 19.

Commemorated at Le Touret Memorial, Panel 30 & 31, Pas de Calais, France.

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