The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W H Campbell

Photograph by "René Degryse"

Private William Henry CAMPBELL, G/5419, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 9th May 1918, age 26.

Born Ealing, Middlesex, son of William John and Emily Louise Campbell, of 2, Wells Place, Ealing, London.

Enlisted Ealing, Middlesex, age 23, height 5ft 5½ inches, weight 132lbs. Resided 2, Wells Place, Ealing, London. Formerly baths attendant.

Home 12th January 1915 to 29th August 1915; BEF 30th August 1915 to 9th May 1918.

12th January 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th January 1915, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th December 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 29th April 1916, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 6th July 1916, deprived of stripe;

30th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, William John Campbell, 2, Wells Place, Ealing, London; Mother, Emily Louise Campbell, 2, Wells Place, Ealing, London.

Buried at Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension, II. F. 24., Pas de Calais, France.

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