The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal R M Williams

Photograph added by LESUEUR Dominique

Lance Corporal Robert Maurice WILLIAMS, G/29018, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 14633, Norfolk Regiment), died of wounds, Flanders France, 5th May 1918.

Born Battisford, Suffolk.

1908 March, Stw S Suffolk Registration District, Robert Maurice Williams married Edith May Lambert.

1911 Census - 35 Bond Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk - Robert William, head, age 23, married, cordite machinist, Explosive Works, worker, born Combs, Stowmarket, Suffolk; Edith Williams, wife, age 21, married 3 years, 2 children, 2 died, born Old Newton, Stowmarket, Suffolk.

Enlisted Bournemouth, Hampshire.

25th July 1915, posted BEF.

Guardian - Julia Elizabeth Lambert.

Child - Dora Elizabeth William, born 21st June 1911.

Buried at St Sever Cemetery Extension, P. IX. I. 11B., Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.

AWARDS: MM

London Gazette 17th April 1917.

His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to award the Military Medal for bravery in the Field to the under mentioned Non-Commissioned Officers and Men :

14633 L./C. R. M. Williams, Norfolk Regiment.

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