The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W England

Private William ENGLAND, G/11232, 11th (Lewisham) Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, death assumed on or after15th September 1916.

Born Walworth, Surrey, SE, son of Charles Henry & Ellen England, 30 Stratford Street, Peckham, SE.

1911 Census - 30 Stafford Street, Peckham, SE - Charles England, head, age 55, married, linoleum printer, born Walworth, London; Ellen England, wife, age 55, married 35 years, 10 children, 9 still alive, born Bermondsey, London; Charles England, son, age 29, single, carman, born Walworth, London; William England, son, age 27, single, house painter, born Walworth, London; Francess England, daughter, age 23, single, cloth cutter, born Deptford, London; Minnie England, daughter, age 21, single, cloth cutter, born Bermondsey, London; Alfred England, son, age 19, single, trellis worker, born Camberwell, London; Rose England, daughter, age 16, single, domestic servant, born Peckham, London; Albert England, son, age 15, single, van guard, railway, born Peckham, London; Ellen England, daughter, age 18, single, cloth cutter, born Peckham, London; Ada England, daughter, age 13, school, born Peckham, London; Sarah Bray, boarder, age 74, widow, old age pensioner, born Peckham, London.

Enlisted Camberwell, SE, age 33, height 5ft 4½ inches, weight 130lb, dots to left & right forearm. Resided 30 Stratford St, Peckham, SE. Formerly painter.

18th November 1915, enlisted & posted 11th Ba1ttalion, Own Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th April 1916, awarded 10 days Field Punishment No.2.; 2nd May 1916, Southampton, embarked; 3rd May 1916, Havre, disembarked; 15th September 1916, posted missing.

23rd August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father Charles H England, 30 Stafford Street, Peckham; Mother, Ellen England, 30 Stafford Street, Peckham; Brother - Charles H England, age 38, 30 Stafford Street, Peckham; Sisters - Elizabeth Goddard, age 42, 36 Stafford Street, Peckham; Francess Vickers, age 31, 31 Goldsmiths Road, Peckham; Alice Ransome, age 33, 247 St Georges Road, Peckham; Minnie Overton, age 29, 36 Stafford Street, Peckham; Rose Thomsett, age 47 Marmont Road, Peckham; Ada Damaral?, age 22, 30 Stafford Street, Peckham.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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