The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal W Green

Photograph by "Pearlady"

Corporal William GREEN, G/2700, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 27th June 1916.

Born Bognor, Sussex, son of Edward & Mary Annie Green, 2 Privett Cottages, Privett Road, Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire.

Enlisted Lewisham, SE, age 24 years & 123 days, height 5ft 7⅝ inches, weight 142lbs, fresh complexion, blue eyes, fair hair. Resided Gosport, Hampshire. Formerly cowman.

Home, 8th September 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF, 30th August 1915 to 27th June 1916.

8th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th October 1914, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 9th June 1915, promoted Corporal; 30th August 1915, posted BEF & embarked; 30th November 1915 to 7th December 1915, furlough.

16th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Edward Green, 2 Privett Cottages, Gosport; Mother, Mary Annie Green, 2 Privett Cottages, Gosport; Brothers - Edward Green , age 40, Farnborough; Albert James Green, age 26, Southampton; Sisters - Elsie Mary Ruey?, age 38, Tooting, London; Fanny Hatson?, age 37, Lewisham, London; Edith Graves, age 36, Canada; Ellen Norman, age 35, Chiswick, London; Maud Hawes?, age 33?, Bognor; Noella? Green, age 22, Liss?; Dorothy Green, age 19, 2 Privett Cottages, Gosport.

Buried at Dranoutre Military Cemetery, I. F. 16., Belgium.

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