The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A Wills

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Private Arthur WILLS, G/24755, 6th Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 1st December 1917, age 39.

Born Dunsford, Devon.

1911 Census - Lewis Hill, Dunsford, Devon - George Wills, head, age 80, married, Yeoman, employer, born Dunsford, Devon; S A M Wills, wife, age 70, married 50 years, 7 children, 6 still alive, born Doddiscombsleigh, Devon; Walter Wills, son, age 40, single, farmers son, assisting on farm, worker, born Dunsford, Devon; Bessie Wills, daughter, age 49, single, no occupation, born Dunsford, Devon; Arthur Wills, son, age 49, single, Poultry Farmer with father, worker, born Dunsford, Devon.

Enlisted Exeter, Devon.

Brother of Mrs. Bessie Crews, of 61, Durnford Street, Stonehouse, Plymouth.

Buried at Honnechy British Cemetery, I. A. 52., Nord, France.