The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W E Paxton

Private William Edward PAXTON, 204609, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 2814, West Kent Yeomanry), killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on or after, 24th April 1918.

12th October 1896, Hornsey Rise, Islington, William Edward Paxton, age 35, bachelor, labourer, 10 Brook Road, father, Thomas Paxton, deceased, Railway Foreman, married Sarah Louise Holmes, age 38, widow, 10 Brook Road, father, James William Pudney, deceased, Coachman.

Born Tottenham, Middlesex, son of William Edward & Sarah Louise Paxton, (nee Holmes).

3rd November 1897, St John, Stamford Hill, baptism of William Edward Paxton, son of William Edward, (labourer), & Sarah Louise Paxton, 68 Russell Road, Tottenham.

1911 Census - 9 Henry Road, Tottenham - Sarah Louise Paxton, head, age 55, widow, married 13 years, 3 children, all still alive, laundress, own account, at home, born Dunmow, Essex; William Edward Paxton, son, age 13, school boy, born 68 Russell Road, Tottenham; Ethel Minnie Paxton, daughter, age 12, school child, born 68 Russell Road, Tottenham; Joseph Andrew Paxton, son, age 12, school boy, born 68 Russell Road, Tottenham.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent.

Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Panel 58 and 59, France.

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