The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Second Lieutenant J G H S Russell

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Second Lieutenant John Guy Harry Stebbing RUSSELL, 10th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds,, received before Comines, 29th September 1918, age 19.

11th May 1899, born, son of Stebbing  & Ada Elizabeth Stebbing Russell (nee Clarke), of Hampstead, London / 384 Great Winchester Street, London EC2.

1911 Census - 23 Platts Lane, Hampstead NW - Stebbing Eussell, head, age 45, married, Solicitor, born London, County & Town; Ada Elizabeth Stebbing Russell, wife, age 36, married 17 years, 3 children, all still alive, born London, County & Town; Edna Grace Stebbing Russell, daughter, age 16, single, school, born London, County & Town; Hilda M Stebbing Russell, daughter, age 14, school, born London, County & Town; John G H Stebbing Russell, son, age 11, school, born London, County & Town; Edith Hurrell, servant, age 26, single, cook domestic, born Wicklewood, Norfolk; Harriet Wade, servant, age 25, single, housemaid, domestic, born Monks Soham, Suffolk.

11th July 1919, Probate - John Guy Harry Stebbing Russell, of 40 Marlborough Mansions, Hampstead, Middlesex, died 29th September 1918 in Belgium. Administration London 11th July yo Stebbing Russell, Solicitor. Effects £59 4s.

Buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, XXV. H. 26., Belgium.

London Gazette 23rd April 1918.

The under mentioned Gentlemen cadets, from the Royal Military College, to be 2nd Lieutenants. 24th April 1918:

Royal West Kent Regiment - John Guy Harry Stebbing Russell.