The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W J Bird

Private William Jesse BIRD, G/7701, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 1369, West Kent Yeomanry), killed in action, Flanders, France, 14th February 1917, age 28.

Born Westerham, Kent, son of Thomas and Annie Bird, of Lodge Lane, Westerham, Kent.

1911 Census - Lodge Lane, Westerham, Kent - Thomas Bird, head, age 57, married, carter, haulage contractor, born Lambeth, London, Surrey; Annie Bird, wife, age 46, married 25 years, 3 children, 2 still alive, born Hawkhurst, Kent; William Jesse Bird, son, age 22, single, domestic gardener, born Westerham, Kent; Leslie Thomas Hall, adopted, age 4 months, born Westerham, Kent.

Husband of L. J. Oxley (formerly Bird), of The Garage, Heatherley Road, Kew Gardens, Surrey.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent. Resided Westerham, Kent.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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