The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A E Willis

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Private Albert Ernest WILLIS, G/18869, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 18th November 1916.

Born Little Coxwell, Berkshire, son of Ernest Albert & Annie Clara Willis. Resided 18 Corringham Road, Shepherds Bush, London W.

26th January 1894, St Simon, Hammersmith & Fulham, baptism of Albert Ernest Willis, son of Ernest Albert, (mason), & Annie Clara Willis, 96 Munford? Gardens

1911 Census - 18 Corringham Road, Shepherds Bush, London W. - Ernest Albert Willis, head, age 46, married, house painter, property owner, worker, born Filkins, Oxfordshire; Annie Clara Willis, wife, age 41, married 22 years, 4 children, 2 still alive, bon Marylebone, London; Eric Willis, son, son, age 19, clerk, tea merchant, worker, born Little Coxwell, Berkshire; Albert Ernest Willis, son, age 18, clerk, shipowners, worker, born Little Coxwell, Berkshire.

Home 21st August 1915 to 19th September 1916; BEF 20th September 1916 to 18th November 1916.

Enlisted Chiswick, Middlesex, age 22 years & 294 days, height 5ft 9 inches, weight 132lbs. Formerly shipping clerk.

1915 June, Brentford  Registration District, Albert Ernest Willis, married Janie Falconer.

21st August 1915, enlisted & posted 10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, Service No.4186; 22nd August 1915, posted 4/10th Middlesex Regiment; 20th September 1916, posted BEF & 6/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 20th September 1916, Folkestone, embarked;  20th September 1916, Boulogne, disembarked; 14th November 1916, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th November 1916, posted 4th Battalion, (Territorial Force Reserves), Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th November 1916, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

22nd March 1917, Probate - Albert Ernest Willis, of 29 Devonshire Place, Chiswick, Middlesex, Private 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, died 18th November 1916 in France. Administration London 22nd March to Janie Willis, widow. Effects £98 5s 1d.

25th June 1917, pension of 13/9 a week awarded to widow.

Mrs Janie Willis, 23 Balfour Grove, Chiswick, London, W. / 29 Devonshire Place, Chiswick, N.

1917 December Chelsea Registration District, Janie Willis married William J Lodge, 41 Smith Smith, Chelsea, SW3.

Buried at Stump Road Cemetery, B. 11., Grandcourt, Somme, France.