The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J A Haslam

Photograph by "Len"

Private John Atkinson HASLAM, G/31557, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 36551, Border Regiment), killed in action, Flanders France, 23rd August 1918.

1899, Born Garstang, Lancashire, son of William & Beatrice Haslam.

1911 Census - 15 Norfolk Street, Skerton, Lancashire - William Haslam, head, age 43, married, genearl labourer, born Blackpool, Lancashire; Beatrice Haslam. wife, age 44, married 22 years. 6 children, 5 still alive, born Pilling, Lancashire; Reuben John Haslam, son, age 13, school, born Colne, Lancashire; John Atkinson Haslam, son, age 11, school, born Pilling, Lancashire; Albert Hector Haslam, son, age 10, school, born Pilling, Lancashire; William Payton Haslam, son, age 9, school, born Pilling, Lancashire; Ernest Haslam, son, age 6, school, born Pilling, Lancashire.

Enlisted Lancaster, Lancashire.

Buried at Becourt Military Cemetery, II. C. 14., Becordel-Becourt, France.

NOTE: Soldiers Died in the Great War shows date of death as 23rd August 1918; CWGC web site shows date of death as 28th August 1918.

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