The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Private W Milne
Private William MILNE, G/31018, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly G/22468, Middlesex Regiment), killed in action, Nieppe Forest, Flanders France, 28th June 1918, age 20.
Born 14th February 1898, Hornsey, London, Middlesex, youngest son of John & Isabella Milne ( nee Henderson).
29th May 1898, Crouch Hill, Presbyterian Church, Islington, Middlesex, baptism of William Milne, son of John & Isabella Milne, 55, Nelson Road, Hornsey, London.
1911 Census - 43, Nelson Road, Stroud Green, Hornsey, London, N - John Milne, head, age 53, married, Dyers Office Manager, worker, born Perth NB; Isabella Milne, wife, age 53, married 26 years, 7 children, 5 still alive, born Stirling, NB; Jenie Milne, daughter, age 23, single, Dyers Office Manager, worker, born Manchester, Lancashire; John Milne, son, age 21, single, clerk, Pottery Manufacturers, born Manchester, Lancashire; James Milne, son, age 19, single, clerk insurance, born Islington, London; Isabel Annie Milne, daughter, age 17, typist, born Islington, London; William Milne, son, age 13, school, born Hornsey, Middlesex.
Educated Montem Street London County Council School.
Enlisted 26th June 1916, Wood Green. Formerly employed by American Hard Rubber Company.
Served with the Expeditionary Force in France & Flanders from Easter 1918, transferring to the Royal West Kent Regiment.
Commemorated at Ploegsteert Memorial, Panel 8, Belgium.
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