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Lance Corporal J H E Wheatley

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Lance Corporal John Henry Ethelbert WHEATLEY, G/20601, 7th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds (injury to bone in right thigh), as a Prisoner of War, Fedlaz, Ribemont, France, 30th March 1918, age 19.

26th September 1898, born St Saviour, Walworth, London, SE, son of Reginald John Walter and Edith Wheatley,  133, Bouverie Road, Church Street, Stoke Newington, London.

1911 Census - 91 Quinns Buildings, Popham Street, Essex Road, London N - John Wheatley. head, age 37, married, pianoforte repairer & tuner, own account, born Evesham, Worcestershire; Edith Wheatley, wife, age 35, married 13 years, 6 children, 4 still alive, born Middlesex, London; John Wheatkey, son, age 12, born Middlesex, London; Gladys Wheatley, daughter, age 10, born Bristol, Gloucestershire; Reginald Wheatley, son, age 6, born Middlesex, London; Herbert Wheatley, son, age 2, born Middlesex, London.

Enlisted Holloway, N. age 17, height 5ft 3⅜ inches, weight 110lbs. Resided 50 Britannia Row, Islington, N. Formerly blouse cutter.

Home 13th May 1916 to 28th January 1918; BEF 29th January 1918 to 30th March 1918.

13th May 1916, enlisted; 14th May 1916, to Army Reserve; 21st February 1917, mobilized & posted 97th Training Reserve, Service No. TR/10/35184; 14th April 1917, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 21st June 1917, transferred & posted 209th Infantry Battalion; 1st December 1917, posted 51st (Grad) Battalion, Training Reserve, (Middlesex Regiment); 29th January 1918 embarked / disembarked; 29th January 1918, posted BEF; 29th January 1918, Etaples, 41 Infantry Base Depot; 31st January 1918, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st January 1918, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th February 1918, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 21st March 1918, posted missing.

23rd December 1918, date when Separation Allowance of 9/2 a week payable to mother will cease.

9th January 1920, Statement of Relatives - Father, Reginald John Walter Wheatley, 133, Bouverie Road, Church Street, Stoke Newington; Mother, Edith Wheatley, 133, Bouverie Road, Church Street, Stoke Newington; Brothers - Reginald Wheatley, age 15, 133, Bouverie Road, Church Street, Stoke Newington; Herbert Wheatley, age 11, 133, Bouverie Road, Church Street, Stoke Newington; Edward Wheatley, age 7, 133, Bouverie Road, Church Street, Stoke Newington; Harold Wheatley, age 5?, 133, Bouverie Road, Church Street, Stoke Newington; Sisters - Gladys May Wheatley, age 19, 133, Bouverie Road, Church Street, Stoke Newington.

Buried at Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, British. B. 7., Aisne, France.