The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private L Griffiths

Private Leonard GRIFFITHS, L/10130, "D" Company, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 18th April 1915, age 19.

Born Maidstone, Kent, son of Mrs. Annie Maria Griffiths, of 1, Hope Street, Maidstone, Kent.

1911 Census - 1, Hope Street, Maidstone, Kent - Alice Annie Griffiths, head, age 50, married 24 years, 8 children, all still alive, born Sutton Valence, Kent; Alice Griffiths, daughter, age 21, single, cashier in grocers, born Maidstone, Kent; Dorothy Griffiths, daughter, age 19, single, boot machinist, born Maidstone, Kent; Percy Griffiths, son, age 17, single, brewers clerk, brewery, born Maidstone, Kent; Leonard Griffiths, son, age 15, single, grocers boy, grocers, born Maidstone, Kent; Owen Griffiths, son, age 13, school, news boy, born Maidstone, Kent; Maggie Griffiths, daughter, age 10, school, born Maidstone, Kent; Lena Griffiths, daughter, age 6, school, born Maidstone, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent.

14th August 1914, posted BEF.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 & 47, Belgium.

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