The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W G Philpott

Photograph by "International War Graves Photography Project"

Private William George PHILPOTT, G/25322, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or since, 31st July 1917, age 36.

Born Willesborough, Kent, son of Richard and Ellen Philpott.

4th October 1885, Willesborough, Kent, baptism of William George Philpott, son of Richard and Ellen Philpott.

1904, December Quarter, East Ashford Registration District, married Ellen Nellie Baker, (born 6th September 1884), of 13, Silver Hill Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent.

Children - William George Baker, born 11th August 1904; Alfred Ernest Philpott, born 3rd September 1905; Victor Richard Philpott, born 9th July 1907; Harold John Philpott, born 30th March 1909.

1911 Census - 13, Silver Hill Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent - William Philpott, head, age 28, married, market gardener, worker, born Willesborough, Kent; Ellen Philpott, wife, age 26, married 6 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; William Philpott, son, age 6, born Willesborough, Kent; Alfred Philpott, son, age 5, born Willesborough, Kent; Victor Philpott, son, age 3, born Willesborough, Kent; Harold Philpott, son, age 2, born Willesborough, Kent.

Enlisted Canterbury, Kent.

Buried at Voormezeele Enclosure No.3., XVI. B. 20., Belgium. Commemorated St Mary the Virgin Willesborough War Memorial

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