The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E J Wyatt

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Inscription - HE DIED THAT WE MAY LIVE"

Photograph by "Claude Laignel"

Private Edgar John WYATT, G/3235, 6th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  died of wounds,  Flanders France, 31st July 1916, age 34.

Born Gravesend, Kent, son of Frederick Joseph and Elizabeth Caroline Wyatt, Gravesend, Kent.

1911 Census - 21 Clarence Street, Gravesend, Kent - Frederick Joseph Wyatt, head, age 65, married, house painter, worker, born Gravesend, Kent; Elizabeth Caroline Wyatt, wife, age 65, married 44 years, 14 children, 8 still alive, born Stepney, London; Edgar John Wyatt. son, age 28, single, house painter, worker, born Gravesend, Kent.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 30.

23rd June 1915, posted BEF.

Legatee - Rose H Wyatt

Buried at Puchevillers British Cemetery, II. C. 43., Somme, France. Commemorated Gravesend War Memorial.