The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W S Bushell

Private William Stanley BUSHELL, G/207, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, (received in action at the Battle of Loos), Flanders France, 8th October 1915, age 23.

Born 16th June 1891, Nonington, Canterbury, Kent, first son of Frank (gamekeeper), & Sarah (daughter of Thomas Trice), Bushell of South Hill, Hastingleigh, Ashford, Kent.

1911 Census - Edenbridge, Kent - Alfred Job, head, age 48, widower, farmer, born Missom, Nottinghamshire; Edward Job, son, age 21, single, ironmongers assistant, born Farnham, Hampshire; Ivy Job, daughter, age 19, single, assisting in the house, born Farnham, Hampshire; May Job, daughter, age 17, single, assisting in the house, born Edenbridge, Kent; Hilda Job, daughter, age 15, at school, born Edenbridge, Kent; Dorothy Job, daughter, age 14, at school, born Edenbridge, Kent; William Bushell, servant, age 20, single, groom / gardener domestic.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent. Resided Vipers Cottage, Hastingleigh, Ashford, Kent. Formerly under gardener at Heverwood, Brasted, West Kent.

19th August 1914, enlisted; 1st June 1915, posted BEF.

Brother, George Frank Bushell; Sister Kathleen Bushell.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, Pas de Calais, France.

External link to Hastingleigh Roll of Honour

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