The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private P W Billings

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Private Percy William BILLINGS, G/31443, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 61306, Middlesex Regiment), killed in action, Flanders, France, 4th November 1918, age 18.

Born Turners Hill, Sussex, son of Thomas William and Clara Billings, of 2, Holly Cottage, Withy Pitts, Turner's Hill, Sussex.

1911 Census - Withy Pits, Turners Hill, Sussex - Thomas Billings, head, age 48, married, bricklayer, born West Hoathly; Clara Billings, wife, age 51, married 25 years, 8 children, all still alive, born Fletching; Thomas Billings, son, age 23, single, labourer, born Ardingly; Harold Billings, son, age 14, born West Hoathly; Percy Billings, son, age 11, born West Hoathly; Elsie Billings, daughter, age 8, born West Hoathly; Lily Billings, daughter, age 5, born West Hoathly.

Enlisted Wood Green, London.

Buried at Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery, Montay, III.B.18., Nord, France.

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