The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E C Willis

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Private Edward Charles WILLIS, G/10671, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action,  Flanders France, 15th September 1916, age 39.

Born Paddington, SW, son of Charles and Miriam Willis.

1st January 1905, Greenwich, married Lisette Maria Teresa Marshall.

1911 Census - 6 Stockwell Street, Greenwich, SE. - Edward C Willis, head, age 34, married, market porter, vegetable, worker, born Paddington, London; Lisette M Willis, wife, age 35, married 6 years. no children, born Forest Hill, London; Amelia M Willis, sister, age 31, single, confectioners assistant, at home, born Paddington, London.

Enlisted Greenwich, SE. age 38 years & 330 days, height 5ft 4½ inches, weight 161lbs, scar wound left temple, mole? right hand.  Resided 6 Stockwell Street, Greenwich, SE. Formerly labourer.

Home 3rd November 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF 3rd May 1916 to 15th September 1916.

3rd November 1915, enlisted & posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd May 1916, Southampton, embarked; 3rd May 1916, Havre, disembarked; 15th September 1916, posted missing.

Separation Allowance 12/6 a week & Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week payable to widow.

7th May 1917, Pension of 13/9 a week awarded to widow.

Buried at Guards' Cemetery, III. H. 3., Lesboeufs, Somme, France.