The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G T Filmer

Private George Thomas FILMER, G/7531, "D" Company, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on or after, 21st March 1918, age 31.

Born Green Street Green, Kent, son of George Thomas and Caroline Filmer, of 4, Hook Green, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent.

1911 Census - Hook Green, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent - George Filmer, head, age 60, married, carman, own account, born Hollingbourne, Kent; Caroline Filmer, wife, age 54, married 34 years, 6 children, 5 still alive, born Brightling, Sussex; George Filmer, son, age 23, single, gardener domestic, born Green Street Green, Kent; Frederick Filmer, son, age 21, single, carman, carting contractor, worker, born Wilmington, Kent.

20th June 1914, St Paulinus Church, Crayford, Kent, George Thomas Filmer, age 26, bachelor, gardener, 4, Hook Green, Wilmington, father George Thomas Filmer, contractor, married Ellen May Gregory, age 25, spinster, 125 High Street, Crayford, father Edward Gregory, licensed victualler.

Child - 8th July 1917, St Paulinus Church, Crayford, Kent, baptism of Elsie May Filmer, daughter of George Thomas (Private in RWK), & Ellen May Filmer, 19 Tredegar Road, Dartford Heath.

Enlisted December 1914, Bromley, Kent. Resided Dartford, Kent.

Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Panel 58 and 59, Somme, France.

External link to Wilmington War Memorial

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