The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal W Warman

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Corporal William WARMAN, 240794 (2765), 7th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action,  Flanders France, death assumed on or after, 21st March 1918.

Born Lewisham, Kent.

1899 December, Blything Registration District, William Warman, married Clara Ada Boland.

Children - Charles Leonard Warman, born 11th April 1904.

1911 Census - 8 Ronver Road, Lee, SE - William Warman, head, age 33, married, Public Lamp Attendant, Gas Company, worker, born Lewisham, London; Clara Ada Warman, wife, age 37, married 11 years, 1 child, still alive, born Leiston, Suffolk; Charles Leonard Warman, son, age 6, born London, Lee.

Previously served with 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, time expired.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 36 years & 10 months, height 5ft 8 inches, weight 156lbs, resided 8 Ronver Road, Lee, Kent. Formerly Public Lamp Attendant.

Home, 10th November 1914 to 11th September 1917; BEF, 12th September 1917 to 21st March 1918.

10th November 1914, enlisted & posted 5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th August 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 16th September 1915 appointed paid Lance Corporal; 13th November 1915 promoted Corporal; 5th June 1916, appointed paid Lance Sergeant; 21st October 1916, promoted Sergeant; 12th September 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 12th September 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 12th September 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 16th September 1917, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th January 1918, 47 Casualty Clearing Station, sore feet; 13th March 1918, joined Battalion, In the Field; 28th March 1918, posted missing;  31st October 1918, statement from 1148, Lance Corporal R J Arnold, that Cpl W Warman was killed on 21st March 1918.

22nd December 1918, date when Separation Allowance of 21/- a week payable to wife will cease.

23rd  December 1918, pension of 21/8 a week awarded to widow and one child.

Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Panel 58 and 59, Somme, France.