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Private William GILLHAM, 203524, (3993), 2nd/4th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Egypt, 20th April  1917, age 20.  

Son of James and Mary Gillham, of 3, Garden Cottages, Chislehurst Road, Orpington, Kent.


1911 Census - 3, Garden Cottages, Chislehurst Road, Orpington, Kent - James Gillham, father, age 46, married, general labourer, carman, worker, born Crockenhill, Kent; Mary Gillham, mother, age 46, married 25 years, 11 children, 8 still alive, farm labourer, born St Mary Cray, Kent; Elsie Gillham, daughter, age 16, single,  born Orpington, Kent; William Gillham, son, age 13, born Orpington, Kent; James Gillham, son, age 11, born Orpington, Kent; Frederick Gillham, son, age 8, born Orpington, Kent.


Enlisted Bromley, Kent.  Resided Orpington, Kent.

Buried at  Deir el Belah War Cemetery, A. 107., Israel. Commemorated on Orpington War Memorial.


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