The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W Law

Private William LAW, G/18722, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 30th Casualty Clearing Station, In the Field, with Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 1st November 1918, age 33.

Born Whitechapel, Middlesex, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Law.

1911 Census - *James Lewis Rule, head, age 32, married, journeyman butcher, worker, born Dalston, London; Maude Louise Rule, wife, age 26, married 7 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Clapham, London; (a)Alice Louise May Rule, daughter, age 6, school, born Tottenham, Middlesex; (b)Violet Winifred Rule, daughter, age 4, born Tottenham, Middlesex; (c) Arthur James Leonard Rule, son, age 2, born Tottenham, Middlesex; (d) Harry Lewis Rule, son, age 6 months, born Tottenham, Middlesex; Harry Bryant, boarder, age 28, single, coachman, private domestic, worker, born Tottenham, Middlesex;

Philip Morana, tenant?, age 27, married, mechanic, toy factory, worker, born Liverpool, Lancashire, father Italian, Mother British; Priscilla Charlotte Morana, wife, age 22, married under 1 year, born Finsbury Park, Middlesex; Theresa Josephine Morana, age under 6 months, born Holborn, London.

*died age 32, 1912 June, Edmonton Registration District.

(a) born 11th January 1905 (b) born 29th November 1906 (c) born 3rd February 1909 (d) 11th September 1910

1911 Census - cannot find William Law.

13th November 1915, Register Office, Bethnal Green, married Maud Louise Rule, widow, of 9, Bruce Grove Road, Tottenham, London.

Child - ???? Dora Law, born 25th December 1916, East Tottenham.

Enlisted Tottenham, Middlesex, age 31 years & 5 months, height 5ft 6¼ inches. Resided 9, Bruce Grove Road, Tottenham, Middlesex. Formerly carman.

Home 11th December 1915 to 3rd October 1916; BEF 4th October 1916 to 10th December 1916; Home 11th December 1916 to 10th August 1917; MEF 11th August 1917 to 1st November 1918.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 8th June 1916, mobilized; 9th June 1916, posted Royal Fusiliers, Service No.41726; 13th JUne 1916, Dover, vaccinated; 4th October 1916, posted BEF; 4th October 1916, embarked; 5th October 1916, disembarked; 5th October 1916, Etaples, 39 Infantry Base Depot, posted 11th Royal Fusiliers; 14th October 1916, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd November 1916, 41 DRS, trench fever; 11th December 1916, Boulogne, transferred to England, ex 13 Stationary Hospital, per Hospital Ship "St Andrew", fever uncertain origin; 11th December 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th December 1916 to 6th February 1917, 2nd Birmingham War Hospital, trench fever, heart & lungs normal, no albumen, still has pain in lumber region; 26th February 1917 to 29th June 1917, 2nd Birmingham War Hospital, trench fever; 20th March 1917, Shoreham by Sea, laughing & joking whilst on Defaulters Parade, 7 days confined to Barracks; 6th April 1917, Shoreham by Sea, overstaying his pass from midnight until 10.00pm 10th April 1917, forfeits 4 days pay, 7 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 4 days pay; 15th July 1917, Fort Horsted, Chatham, overstaying his leave from Tattoo until 9.30pm 17th July, 7 days Field Punishment No2., forfeits 3 days pay; 18th July 1917, Fort Horsted, Chatham, missing a pair of trousers, admonished, pay for trousers; 11th August 1917, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th August 1917, left Chatham; 11th August 1917, Southampton, embarked; 10th September 1917, Basra, disembarked; 23rd September 1917, admitted General Hospital; 6th October 1917, discharged to Duty; 28th October 1917, Baghdad, Casualty Clearing Station, admitted; 23rd November 1917, Rest Camp; 1st December 1917, joined battalion, In the Field; 12th March 1818, present with Unit; 28th October 1918, wounded; 30 Casualty Clearing Station, 29th October 1918, dangerously ill, wound in neck; 1st November 1918, died of wounds, gun shot wounds, left upper arm perforating thorax.

19th May 1919, Pension of 37/11 a week awarded to widow & 5 children.

19th May 1920, Statement of Relatives is unreadable.

Buried at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, XIII. C. 1., Iraq.

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