The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W Goldfinch

Private William GOLDFINCH, 200359, (1664), 2nd/4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Gaza / Syria, 19th April 1917.

Born Tonbridge, Kent, son of Emily Jane Goldfinch.

Brother Joseph Goldfinch.

1911 Census - 76 Pembury Road, Tonbridge, Kent - Emily Jane Goldfinch, head, age 56, widow, married 34 years, 9 children, 7 still alive, ironer, laundry, worker, born Margate; Horace Goldfinch, son, age 23, single, general labourer, born Tonbridge; Emily Jane Goldfinch, daughter, age 20, single, ironer, laundry, worker, born Tonbridge; Ethel Goldfinch, daughter, age 16, single, starcher, laundry, worker, born Tonbridge; William Goldfinch, son, age 14, milk boy, worker, born Tonbridge.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent.

Buried at Gaza War Cemetery, XXX. C. 13., Israel.

Commemorated on Tonbridge War Memorial - Tonbridge War Memorial - The original World War I memorial at the Junction of Pembury Road and Quarry Hill. The names were later re-inscribed in the new Memorial Garden in Bradford Street.

From Tonbridge History - William Alfred Goldfinch was born in Tonbridge in 1896, the son of William and Emily. In 1911 he was living with his widowed mother and siblings at 76 Pembury Road and working as a milk boy. He enlisted on 14th July 1914 and served as a Private 200359 2nd/4th Battalion Royal West Kent regiment. He went to Egypt in summer of 1915 and was killed in action on 19th April 1917. He is buried in Gaza War cemetery.

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