The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal W A Gregory

Lance Corporal William Arthur GREGORY, G/635, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 3rd July 1916, age 21.

Born Wickham, Hampshire, son of Walter and Emily Alice Gregory, of Dairy Mere, Wickham, Fareham, Hampshire.

1911 Census - Dairy Mere, Wickham, Hampshire - Walter Gregory, head, age 463, married, builders carpenter, own account, born Droxford, Hampshire; Emily Alice Gregory, wife, age 43, married 17 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Ashington, Sussex; William A Gregory, son, age 16, single, drapers assistant, born Wickham, Hampshire; Mary E Gregory, daughter, age 14, housemaid, domestic servant, born Wickham, Hampshire; Charles E Gregory, son, age 8, born Wickham, Hampshire.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 19 years & 240 days, height 5ft 6½ inches, weight 125lbs, fresh complexion, brown eyes, brown hair. Formerly outfitter.

Home, 1st September 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF, 1st June 1915 to 3rd July 1916.

1st September 1914, enlisted; 3rd September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd September 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st June 1915, posted BEF; 1st June 1915, embarked; 14th November 1915, to Hospital; 25th November 1915, 36 Field Ambulance, bronchitis; 27th November 1915 6 Casualty Clearing Station; 8th December 1915, rejoined Battalion; 15th March 1916, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 24th March 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 6th June 1916, attached 12th Division School; 10th June 1916, rejoined Battalion; 3rd July 1916, posted missing.

31st January 1917 - letter from father, enquiries through Red Cross have advised him that his son was hit in the neck and killed instantaneously by a sniper on 3rd July 1916.

27th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Walter Gregory, Dairy Mere, Wickham, Hampshire; Mother, Emily Alice Gregory, Dairy Mere, Wickham, Hampshire; Brother, Charles Edward Gregory, age 17, Dairy Mere, Wickham, Hampshire; Sister - Mary Elizabeth Gregory, age 24, Dairy Mere, Wickham, Hampshire.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France.

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