The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A G Oxlade

Inscription - "PEACE PERFECT PEACE"

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Private Alfred George OXLADE, G/24631, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 25464, Somerset Light Infantry), killed in action, Flanders France, 23rd February 1917, age 28.

Born High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, son of Leonard and Ada Ann Oxlade, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

1911 Census - 23 Gordon Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire - Leonard Oxlade, head, age 49, married, *best maker, Chair manufacturers, worker, born Wheeler End, Buckinghamshire; Ada Oxlade, wife, age 50, married 26 years, 7 children, 5 still alive, born Cadmore End, Buckinghamshire; Alfred Oxlade, son, age 20, single,*best maker, Chair manufacturers, worker, born Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; Aubrey Oxlade, son, age 15, single, upholsterer, Chair manufacturers, worker, born Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; Rupert Oxlade, son, age 12, school, born Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; Frank Oxlade, boarder, age 35, single, #window framer, Chair manufacturers, worker, born Wheeler End, Buckinghamshire.

* / # changed from chairmaker.

Enlisted High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

Buried at Regina Trench Cemetery, VII. D. 18., Grandcourt, France.

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