The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G Duffill

Private George DUFFILL, G/19495, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 12th October 1917, age 22.

Born Tipperary, Cork, Ireland, son of Fred and Fanny Duffill, of White House, Worlaby, Brigg, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted Lincoln, age 20 years 269 days, height 5ft 5¾ inches, weight 124lbs. Resided Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Formerly laundryman.

Home 25th November 1915 to 25th June 1917; BEF 26th June 1917 to 12th October 1917.

25th November 1915, enlisted; 26th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 21st March 1917,Worksop, mobilized & joined Depot, Sherwood Foresters, Service No.82152; 23rd March 1917, posted 4th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters; 26th June 1917, posted 9th Sherwood Foresters; 26th June 1917, posted BEF; 27th June 1917, Folkestone embarked; 21st Jul y 1917, transferred to 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th October 1917, posted missing.

17th June 1918, date when Separation Allowance of 10/7 a week will cease.

10th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Fred Duffill, The White House, Worlaby, Lincolnshire; Mother, Fanny Duffill, The White House, Worlaby, Lincolnshire; Brothers - Albert Duffill, age 14, The White House, Worlaby, Lincolnshire; Fred Duffill, age 14, The White House, Worlaby, Lincolnshire; Dennis Duffill, age 9, The White House, Worlaby, Lincolnshire; Sisters - Fanny Duffill, age 18, Blyton?, Gainsborough; Daisy Duffill, age 16, Wootton, Ucely?; Alice Duffill, age 13, The White House, Worlaby, Lincolnshire.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108., Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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