The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W G Cousens

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Private William George COUSENS, G/5262, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 23rd July 1916, age 28.

Born Canterbury, Kent, son of Harry & Elizabeth Cousens, of 52, Stone St., Maidstone, Kent.

1911 Census - 52, Upper Stone St., Maidstone, Kent - Harry Cousens, head, age 50, married, Corporation labour, born Canterbury, Kent; Elizabeth Cousens, wife, age 53, married 29 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Canterbury, Kent; Harry Cousens, son, age 28, single, tanner, born Canterbury, Kent; William Cousens, son, age 21, single, general labourer, born Canterbury, Kent; Rose Cousens, daughter, age 19, single, Eiffil Tower factory, born Canterbury, Kent; Nellie Cousens, daughter, age 16, single, Eiffil Tower factory, born Canterbury, Kent; Daisy Cousens, daughter, age 13, school, born Maidstone, Kent; Edith Cousens, daughter, age 2, born Maidstone, Kent.

1915, June Quarter, Maidstone Registration District, married Minnie Matilda Weaver, of 7, Western Road, Maidstone, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent. Resided Maidstone, Kent.

26th July 1915, posted BEF.

Buried at St Sever Cemetery, A. 32. 6., Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.

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