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Private A V Worsfold

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Private Albert Victor WORSFOLD, G/11844, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, 17th August 1916, age 20.

Born Margate, Kent, son of James and Ellen Worsfold,  60, Charter Street, Chatham, Kent.

1911 Census - Grand Hill, Benenden, Kent - James Worsfold, head, age 46, married, gardener domestic, worker, bor Horley, Surrey; Ellen Worsfold, wife, age 48, married 23 years, 5 children, 4 still alive, born Cuckfield, Sussex; Albert Worsfold, son, age 14, Post Office Messenger, born Margate, Kent; Charles Worsfold, son, age 13, school, born Denton, Canterbury, Kent; Dorothy Worsfold, daughter, age 10, school, born Denton, Canterbury, Kent.

Enlisted Gillingham, Kent.  Resided Chatham, Kent.

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

NOTE: Regimental History & Soldiers Died in the Great War both show lastname as WORSFORD: CWGC show it as WORSFOLD.

Photograph by - "International Wargraves Photography Project"

Inscription - "SON OF JAMES AND ELLEN WORSFOLD CHATHAM"

Rifleman Arthur William Worsfold, 16th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, Service No.R/17158, died 28th April 1918, age 28.

Son of James and Ellen Worsfold,  60, Charter Street, Chatham, Kent.

Buried Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, IX.A.35. Pas de Calais, France.