The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal F C Williams

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Lance Corporal Frederick Charles WILLIAMS, L/9683, 2nd Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of Malaria, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 15th November  1916.

Born Gravesend, Kent, son of Lance Corporal Frederick John Williams, No. 22558, 112 Company, Royal Defence Corps, No.4. House, Cromwell Barracks, South Kensington, & Mrs Mary Ann Williams, 21 New Street, Gravesend, Kent.

Home 22nd March 1911 to 11th September 1911.

22nd March 1911, Gravesend. Kent, enlisted 3rd Battalion, Special Reserve, Own Royal West Kent Regiment, No.8285, age 18 years & 10 months, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 105½lbs, grey eyes, brown hair, scar one inch in front of angle of jaw right side, mole left side small of back. Resided 30 Clifton Grove, Gravesend, Kent. Formerly shop assistant.

26th May 1911, 3rd Class Certificate of Education.

Enlisted  Maidstone, Kent, age 19 years & 5 months, height 5ft 3½ inches, weight 111lbs, fresh complexion, grey eyes, brown hair, scar under right jaw, mole top of right shoulder. Formerly shop assistant.

Home, 12th September 1911 to 18th December 1912; India, 19th December 1912 to 31st January 1915; Indian Expeditionary Force "D", 1st February 1915 to 15th November  1916.

12th September 1911, Maidstone, Kent, enlisted; 23th March 1912, 2nd Class Certificate of Education; 10th October 1911 to 18th December 1912, Dublin, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th December 1912 to 9th January 1913 passage to India, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th January 1913, Peshawar; 5th July 1913, Cherat, refusing to obey an order, 8 days confined to Barracks; 20th November 1913, Multan; 18th May 1914, passed swimming class of instruction; 20th June 1914 to 3rd July 1914, Multan, headache; 7th July 1914, Multan, improperly dressed and breaking out of Barracks, 4 days confined to Barracks; 13th July 1914 to 20th July 1914, headache; 15th September 1914 to 21st September 1914, Multan, malaria; 7th October 1914, passed exam in Pushtu, elementary standard; 28th November 1914 to 7th December 1914, Nasiraybad, malaria; 17th February 1915, Indian Expeditionary Force "D", appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 27th July 1915, Nasiryah, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 1st February 1916, Nasiryah, 3 Field Hospital, admitted to hospital; 14th February 1916, Nasiryah, discharged from Hospital; 22nd September 1916, Khanisisyah, admitted to hospital, malaria; 13th October 1916, Khanisisyah, discharged from hospital, malaria.

3rd June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, F J Williams, 21 New Street, Gravesend, Kent; Mother, Mrs. M Williams, 21 New Street, Gravesend, Kent; Brothers - H J Williams, age 25, 4977, 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; A E Williams, age 23, 21 New Street, Gravesend, Kent; E J Williams, age 17, 21 New Street, Gravesend, Kent; Sisters - V A Williams, age 21, 21 New Street, Gravesend, Kent; K S Williams, age 19, 21 New Street, Gravesend, Kent; L R Williams, age 15, 21 New Street, Gravesend, Kent;

Buried at Basra War Cemetery, III. O. 1., Iraq.  Commemorated Gravesend War Memorial.