The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal W J Birch

Lance Corporal William James BIRCH, L/7396, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, France and Flanders, 11th July 1915, age 30.

Born Canterbury, Kent, son of William James and Annie Maria Birch, of 4, East St., Sturry Road., Canterbury, Kent.

1911 Census - 4, East St., Sturry Road, Canterbury, Kent - William Birch, head, age 53, married, general labourer, born Canterbury, Kent; Annie Birch, wife, age 49, married 32 years, 11 children, 9 still alive, born Canterbury, Kent; Horace Birch, son, age 25, single, labourer brickfields, born Canterbury, Kent; Harry Birch, son, age 21, single, labourer brickfields, born Canterbury, Kent; Frederick Birch, son, age 16, single, labourer brickfields, born Canterbury, Kent; Herbert Birch, son age 12, born Canterbury, Kent; Cyril Birch, son, age 8, born Canterbury, Kent.

1911 Census - India, 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment - William James Birch, age 28, Private, soldier, born Canterbury, Kent.

Enlisted Canterbury, Kent.

Commemorated at Voormezeele Enclosures No.1 and No.2., I.C.5., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

SEE ALSO Private Frederick Charles BIRCH

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