The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W A Carrington

Photograph by "HAC1418"

Private William Alfred CARRINGTON, G/29300, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (posted to 1st/20th London Regiment), (formerly 42828, Hampshire Regiment), died of wounds, Flanders France, 1st September 1918, age 19.

Born Birmingham, Warwickshire, son of Thomas and Mary Carrington, of 92, Oldfield Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Warwickshire.

1911 Census - 108, Oldfield Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Warwickshire - Thomas Carrington, head, age 42, married, unable to work, formerly general labourer, spinal disease, born Wolverhampton, Staffordshire; Mary Carrington, wife, age 39, married 17 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Birmingham, Warwickshire; Thomas Carrington, son, age 19, single, carters assistant, Railway Company, born Birmingham, Warwickshire; Annie Carrington, daughter, age 15, single, apprentice, shorthand typing, born Birmingham, Warwickshire; William Alfred Carrington, son, age 11, school, born Birmingham, Warwickshire; Hilda May Carrington, daughter, age 9, school, born Birmingham, Warwickshire; Reginald Carrington, son, age 4, Tettonhall, Staffordshire; William Carrington, brother, age 46, single, carter, railway company, born Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.

Enlisted Warwick, Warwickshire.

Buried at Heilly Station Cemetery, VII. B. 82., Mericourt-l'Abbe, France.

Photographs provided by Geoff Poole

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