The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W E German


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Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, Gloucestershire


Private William Ernest GERMAN, G/34618, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (attached 2nd/20th London Regiment), killed in action, Flanders France, 14th September  1918, age 18.

Born Bedminster, Bristol, Gloucestershire, son of William and Sarah Ann German, of 8, Gwilliam St., Windmill Hill, Bedminster, Bristol, Gloucestershire.


1911 Census - 8, Gwilliam St., Windmill Hill, Bedminster, Bristol, Gloucestershire - William German. head, age 46, married, labourer, lead works, born Bossington, Somerset; Sarah Ann German, wife, age 45, married 22 years. 9 children, 8 still alive, born Bristol; Ada German, daughter, age 21, single, cardboard box maker, box works, born Bristol; Maria German, daughter, age 19, single, cigarette machinist, tobacco factory, born Bristol; John German, son, age 13, school, born Bristol; William German, son, age 11, school, born Bristol; Alice German, daughter, age 8, born Bristol; Gladys German, daughter, age 6, born Bristol; Ivy German, daughter, age 4, born Bristol; Beatrice German, daughter, age 1, born Bristol.


Enlisted Bristol, Gloucestershire.

Commemorated at  Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Panel 7, France.


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