The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Second Lieutenant W L H Walsh

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Second Lieutenant William Leopold Hampson WALSH, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, 9th August 1918, age 32.

Son of William John & Sarah Anne (Annie) Walsh.

1911 Census - 106 Rosendale Road, West Dulwich, SE - William John Walsh, head, age 53, married, Insurance, born Russia, (British subject); Sarah Ann Walsh, wife, age 55, married 30 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Edinburgh; Isabel May Walsh, daughter, age 26, single, born Wolverhampton; William Leopold Walsh, son, age 24, single, Insurance, born Exeter; Win? Meg? Walsh, daughter, age 17, single, born London; Alice G Walsh, daughter, age 15, single,  born Exeter; Rose Piggott, servant, age 25, born Buckhurst Hill, Essex.

1913 April, Lambeth London, married Cecilia Grace Diplock, of 9, Holywell Hill, St. Albans, Hertfordshire.

Children - Kenneth L Walsh, born 1914 June, Lewisham Registration District.

Formerly Private William Leopold Hampson Walsh, Rifle Brigade, Service No.S/28452.

31st July 1917, Commissioned.

9th December 1916, posted BEF.

31st May 1919, Probate - William Leopold Hampson Walsh, of 49 Derenda Road, Herne Hill, Surrey, Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment, attached 16th (Service) Battalion, died 9th August 1918 in France. Probate London 31st May to Cecilia Grace Walsh, widow. Effects £187 4s 4d.

Buried at  Morlancourt British Cemetery No.2.,  B. 3., France.

London Gazette 29th August 1917.

War  Office, 29th August, 1917. REGULAR FORCES.

The under mentioned cadets to be temporary 2nd Lieutenants (attached). 1 August 1917: 

Royal West Kent Regiment. - William Leopold Hampson Walsh

London Gazette 14th November 1917.

War Office, 14th November, 1917. REGULAR FORCES.

The under mentioned temporary 2nd Lieutenants (attached) unless otherwise stated, are transferred to  Service Battalions,  with seniority from 1 August 1917: 

Royal West Kent Regiment. -  W. L. H. Walsh.