The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sergeant E L W Button

Serjeant Ernest Llewellyn Walters BUTTON, G/7712, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 1220, West Kent Yeomanry), killed in action, Flanders France, 23rd February 1917.

10th December 1866, Brighton, Sussex, born, son of Benjamin & Jane Button.

9th December 1888, St Wilfreds, Haywards Heath, Sussex, marriage of Ernest Llewellyn Walters Button to Jane Purvey.

1911 Census - Norfolk Villas, Gower Road, Haywards Heath - Ernest Llewellyn Walters Button, head, age 44, married, livery stable proprietor, employer, born Brighton, Sussex; Jane Button, wife, age 46, married 22 years, 10 children, 8 still alive, born Henfield, Sussex; Winifred Elsie Button, age 20, daughter, single, born Mere Heath, Staffordshire; Maurice Bertram Button, son, age 19, single, stable helper, born Haywards Heath, Sussex; Gilbert Lawrence Button, son, age 18, single, stable helper, born Haywards Heath, Sussex; Florence Mable Button, daughter, age 17, single, book keeper, grocery & provisions, born Haywards Heath, Sussex; Arthur Malcolm Button, son, age 13, school, born Haywards Heath, Sussex; Marion Button, daughter, age 12, school, born Haywards Heath, Sussex; Eileen Button, daughter, age 6, school, born Haywards Heath, Sussex.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent. Resided Haywards Heath, Sussex.

30th April 1917, Probate - Button Ernest Llewellyn Walters, of 1 Norfolk Villas, Gower Road, Haywards Heath, Sussex, died 23rd February 1917, in FRanced. Probate Lewes 30th April to Jane Button, widow. Effects £4340 17s 3rd.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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