The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal H Waters

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Lance Corporal Harry WATERS, 200179, 3/4th Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds at No.47, Casualty Clearing Station,  Flanders France, 11th November 1917,  age 21.

Born  7th May 1896, West Malling  Kent,  son of  Harry Waters and his wife Phyllis.

Educated West Malling, Kent.

1911 Census - Ryarsh Lane, West Malling  Kent - William Large, head, age 32, married, labourer, builder, worker, born West Malling  Kent.

Phillis Waters, housekeeper, age 31, widow, 4 children, all still alive, born Barming, Kent; Harry Waters, boarder, (son crossed out), age 14, labourer, wood cutter, born West Malling  Kent; Dorothy Waters, boarder (daughter, crossed out), age 12, school, born West Malling  Kent; Frank Waters, boarder, (son crossed out), age 7, born East Malling  Kent; Thomas Waters, boarder, (son crossed out), age 3, born West Malling  Kent 

Enlisted West Malling, Kent.

24th April 1912, joined West Kent Territorials;

23rd December 1915, Shipbourne, Kent, married Charlotte, (daughter of James Skinner), of 5, West Street, West Malling, Kent.

Children - Harry George Waters, born 1st September 1916.

4th August 1914, called up on mobilization; 30th May 1917, posted BEF.

His Commanding Officer, Lieutenant H Ambrose wrote: "He was a good fellow, and the mainstay of the station (Transport), and his absence is a great loss to me personally. Your husband was a great favourite in the section, and he is greatly missed."

Buried  at Dozinghem Military Cemetery, XIII. F. 19. and Commemorated  at The Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, West Malling.