The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal C J Williams

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Lance Corporal Christopher Jeal WILLIAMS, G/7583, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 905, West Kent Yeomanry),  killed in action, Flanders France, 7th August 1917.

Born Camberwell, London, SE. son of Alice Williams.

1911 Census - 2 Lessing Street, Honor Oak Park, Brockley, SE - Alice Williams, head, age 56, widow, 5 children, 4 still alive, born Camberwell, London; Percival Douglas Williams, son, age 25, single, Commercial Clerk, LM Gas Company, worker, born Camberwell, London; Frank Ernest Williams, son, age 25, single, Commercial Clerk, Liquorice Merchants, worker, born Camberwell, London; Alice Daisy Williams, daughter, age 23, single, Commercial Clerk, Advertising Service, worker, born Camberwell, London; Christopher Jeal Williams, son, age 19, single, Commercial Clerk, LM Gas Company, worker, born Camberwell, London.

Enlisted London EC.  Resided 2 Lessing Street, Honor Oak Park, SE.

15th October 1917, Probate - Christopher Jeal Williams, of 2 Lessing Street, Honour Oak Park, Kent, Lance Corporal H.M. Army died 7th August 1917, in France. Probate London 15th October to Alice Williams, widow. Effects £256 1s

Buried at Perth Cemetery (China Wall), II. K. 50., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

NOTE: Soldiers Died in the Great War shows date of death as 7th August 1917; CWGC web site shows it as 6th August 1917.