The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W Yews

Private William YEWS, G/3780, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on or after, 26th September 1915, age 34.

Born Portland, Dorset, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Yews, of 1, Cross Street, Ystrad, Rhondda, Glamorganshire, Wales.

1911 Census - 1, Cross Street, Ystrad, Rhondda, Glamorganshire, Wales. - Samuel Yews, head, age 54, married under one year, 6 children, 4 still alive, jointer, R.U.D.C., born Bampton, Devon; Pabby Yews, wife, age 54, married under 1 year, no children, born Chuchill, Somerset; William C Yews, son, age 29, single, underground haulier, Glamorgan Coal Co. born Portland, Dorset; Devan S J Yews, son, age 25, single, collier, hewer, Glamorgan Coal Co. born Ystradyfodwg, Glamorganshire Parish; Salone M T Yews, daughter, age 24, born Ystradyfodwg, Glamorganshire Parish.

Enlisted Pentre, Glamorganshire, Wales. Resided Ystrad, Rhondda, Glamorganshire, Wales,

30th August 1915, posted BEF.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, Pas de Calais, France. / Ystrad, Rhondda, Glamorganshire.

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