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Corporal W J Scadeng

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Corporal William James SCADENG, G/131, 6th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 30th November 1917, age 24.

15th September 1892, born Bermondsey, SE, son of John Henry & *Elizabeth Maria Scadeng, of 19, Trilby Road, Forest Hill, London.

21st October 1892, St Bartholomew, Camberwell, baptism of William James Scadeng, son of John Henry, (packer), & Elizabeth Maria Scadeng, 2 Suffolk Street.

*1907 March, West Ham Registration District, died age 39.

1911 Census - 251 Rotherhithe New Road, Rotherhithe, London SE - John H Scadeng, head, age 45, widower, 8 children, 5 still alive, packer, stick makers, worker, born Bermondsey, London; William J Scadeng, son, age 18, single, mounter, tick makers, worker, born Rotherhithe, London; George E Scadeng, son, age 16, single, junior clerk, engineers general, worker, born Rotherhithe, London; Elsie M Scadeng, daughter, age 14, born Rotherhithe, London; Gladys L Scadeng, daughter, age 12, born Rotherhithe, London; Joseph H Scadeng, son, age 10, born Rotherhithe, London; William J Scadeng, boarder, age 76, widower, born Bermondsey, London.

Enlisted Woolwich, Kent.

Buried at Anneux British Cemetery III. F. 66., France.

NOTE: Regimental History and Soldiers Died in the Great War spell lastname SCADING; CWGC web site spells it SCADENG.