The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W Hamilton

Photograph by "GeertB"

Private William HAMILTON, G/3024, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, attached Royal Engineers, 24th Division Salvage Company, died of gun shot wounds, (multiple in abdomen), Flanders France, 12th May 1917. age 37.

Born Kennington, London, SE, son of Eliza Hamilton, of 126, Farmer's Road, Kennington, London.

1911 Census - 126, Farmer's Road, Kennington, SE - Eliza Hamilton, head, age 58, widow, 3 children, all still alive, domestic cook, worker, born Grimsby, Lincoln; William Hamilton, son, age 31, single, window cleaner, worker, born Peckham, London; Mary Hamilton, daughter, age 18, single, fancy shell work, worker, born Camberwell, London.

Enlisted Deptford, SE, age 34 years & 60 days, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 119lbs. Formerly window cleaner.

Separation Allowance of 5/3 a week & Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week, payable to mother.

Home 10th September 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF 30th August 195 to 12th May 1917.

10th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th October 1914, deserted; 10th October 1914, Rochester, enlisted in Middlesex Regiment & posted Depot, Service No.5193; 14th October 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 24th October 1914, posted 15th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 20th December 1914, Shoreham, desertion & fraudulent enlistment in Middlesex Regiment, stoppages for deficiencies in kit, Trial dispensed with by order of General Officer Commanding, Eastern Command; 30th August 1915, Southampton, embarked; 30th August 1915, Havre, disembarked.

18th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Mother, Eliza Hamilton, 126, Farmer's Road, Kennington; Sisters - Maria? Lighter??, age 37, 126, Farmer's Road, Kennington; Amy Martha ?????, age 27, 27 ?????? Gardens.

Buried at Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery, I. R. 19., France.

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