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Private E Rumley

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Private Ellis RUMLEY, G/12391, 7th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 30th September 1916, age 20.

Born Herne Bay, Kent, son of Edward & Nellie Rumley, of 156, Napier Road, Gillingham, Kent.

7th February 1897, Herne Bay, Kent, baptism of Ellis Rumley, son of Edward & Nellie Rumley.

1911 Census - 36 Upper Luton Road, Chatham, Kent - Edward Rumley, head, age 41, married, bricklayers labourer, builder, worker, born Canterbury, Kent; Nellie Rumley, wife, age 39, married 15 years, 4 children, 3 still alive, born Upper Hardres, Kent; Ellis Rumley, son, age 14, grocer (apprentice), worker, at home., born Herne, Kent; Norman E Rumley, son, age 13, school boy, born Herne Bay, Kent; Leslie Rumley, son, age 3, born Luton, Bedfordshire.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent,. Resided Gillingham, Kent.

Buried at Mill Road Cemetery, I. C. 25., Thiepval, France.