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Corporal Ernest WHEELER, G/126, 6th  Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 3rd July 1916.

Born Deptford, Kent.

Enlisted Woolwich, Kent, age 21 years & 336 days, height 5ft 7¼ inches, weight 124lbs, fresh complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair.. Formerly shop assistant.

Home 12th August 1914 to 31st Mat 1915; BEF 1st June 1915 to 3rd July 1916.

12th August 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th August 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th January 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 21st April 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 1st June 1915, embarked; 8th October 1915, wounded slight, at duty; 15th November 1915, to Hospital; 17th November 1915, rejoined Battalion; 18th November 1915, appointed Acting Corporal; 15th February 1916, promoted Corporal; 3rd July 1916, posted missing.

30th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, none; Mother, none; Brothers - Frederick James Wheeler, age 43, 2 Marshal Street, Folkestone; Sisters - Helen German, age 45, 22 Vance Street, New Cross; Jane Emma Walsh, age 37, 42 Speedwell Street, Deptford; Isabel Florence Wilson, age 34, 251 Leahurst Road, Lewisham SE13; Maude Edith Wheeler, age 32,  251 Leahurst Road, Lewisham SE13; Ida Emily Gawthorn, age 29, 120 Fernbrook Road, Lewisham.

8th March 1920, Brother, Frederick James Wheeler, 25 Cambridge Buildings, Upper Garden Street, Pimlico, London.

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