The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal J A Wilson

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Lance Corporal John Augustus WILSON, G/5875, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, 11th August 1915.

Born Bromley, Kent, son of Jane Amelia Wilson.

Widow - Mercy Wilson,, born 12th June 1892.

1911 Census - 2 Bromley Crescent, Shortlands, Kent - John Wilson, head, age 21, married, jobbing gardener, worker, born Bromley, Kent; Mercy Wilson, wife, age 19, married under 1 year, no children, born Sevenoaks, Kent.

Children - John William Wilson, born 7th February 1912; 

Enlisted Bromley, Kent.

29th April 1915, posted BEF.

Children - James Jack Wilson, born 2nd November 1915.

Buried at Carnoy Military Cemetery, K. 2., Somme, France. Commemorated on Bromley War Memorial.