The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W Harrison

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Private William HARRISON, G/10691, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed as on or after 3rd July 1916, grave located.

Born Rotherhithe, SE. son of Henry Harrison.

25th December 1910, St Mark, Camberwell, William Harrison, age 22, bachelor, Railway Porter, 16 Downville? Grove, Camberwell, father Henry Harrison, deceased, poulter? dealer, married Edith Kemp, age 26, spinster, 16 Downville? Grove, Camberwell, father James Kemp, deceased, leather dresser.

1911 Census - 23 Catlin Street, Bermondsey, SE -William Harrison, head, age 24, married, shunter, South Eastern Railway, born Rotherhithe; Edith Harrison, wife, age 26, married, born Bermondsey.

Children - Dorothy Edith Harrison, born 2nd November 1911, Bermondsey; Elizabeth Florence Harrison, born 17th April 1913, Deptford North; William Henry Harrison, born 26th April 1915, St George.

Enlisted Whitehall, London, age 30, height 5ft 6¼ inches, weight 140lbs, hammer toes both feet. Resided 10 Benlevi St, Poplar N, E. / 16 & 58 Portree Street, Poplar, E14. Formerly labourer.

Separation Allowance 19/6 a week, Allotment of pay, 3/6 a week.

Home, 4th November 1915 to 14th April 1916; BEF, 15th April 1916 to 3rd July 1916.

4th November 1915, enlisted; 7th November 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th November 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th April 1916, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd July 1916, posted missing

12th March 1917, pension of 20/6 a week awarded to widow and three children.

Buried at Blighty Valley Cemetery. IV. J. 5., Authuile Wood, France.

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