The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W Vance

Photograph by "Claude Laignel"

Private William VANCE, G/31608, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 36536, Border Regiment), killed in action, Flanders France, 21st September 1918.

Born Leigh, Lancashire, son of William & Elizabeth Vance.

1911 Census - 4 Wood Lane, Leigh, Lancashire - William Vance, head, age 44, married, 4 children, all still alive, boot repairer, manager, worker, born St Helens, Lancashire; Anne Vance, daughter, age 14, born Salford, Lancashire; William Vance, son, age 11, school, born Leigh, Lancashire; John Vance, son, age 10, school, born Leigh, Lancashire; Herbert Vance, son, age 7, school, born Leigh, Lancashire.

Enlisted Manchester, Lancashire.

Buried at Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery, II. F. 14., Somme, France.

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