The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Second Lieutenant H G Woolley

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Photograph by "Claude Laignel"

Second Lieutenant Henry George WOOLLEY, 8th Battalion, Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 17th April 1917, age 22.

Born 1895, son of Frederick George and Alice Ellenor Woolley, 27 Coleraine Road,  Blackheath, SE3 London.

1911 Census - 27 Coleraine Road,  Blackheath, SE - Frederick George Woolley, head, age 44, married, Secretary to Limited Company, Constructional Engineers, worker, born Chelsea, SW; Alice Ellenor Woolley, wife, age 38, married 17 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Stockton on Tees; Henry George Woolley, son, age 16, single, clerk to slate worker, slate worker, worker, born Poplar, E; Walter James Woolley, son, age 13, school, born Poplar, E; Arthur Robert Woolley, son, age 12, school, born Poplar, E.

Formerly Private 20th London Regiment, Service No.2878. 

22nd April 1916, Commissioned.

9th March 1915, posted BEF.

Buried at  Bethune Town Cemetery, III. K. 57., France.