The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C W Shoesmith

Inscription - "TILL HE COME"

Photograph by "Family Friend"

Private Cecil William SHOESMITH, 201262, (3856), 2nd / 4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Egypt, 4th November 1917, age 28.

Born Hartfield, Sussex, son of George Horace Richard & Eliza Shoesmith, 63, Edward Street, Southborough, Kent.

1911 Census - 63, Edward Street, Southborough, Kent - George R Shoesmith, head, age 52, married, gardener domestic, born Hartfield, Sussex; Eliza Shoesmith, wife, age 51, married 22 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Southborough, Kent; Cecil W Shoesmith, son, age 21, single, gardener domestic, born Hartfield, Sussex; Kathleen Shoesmith, daughter, age 18, single, born Hartfield, Sussex; Bernard Shoesmith, son, age 17, single, dentist help, worker, born Hartfield, Sussex.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent. Resided Southborough, Kent.

Buried at Beersheba War Cemetery, G. 31., Israel. Commemorated on Southborough War Memorial.

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