The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Private E Wellard
Private Edward WELLARD, G/12374, 2nd Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 28th October 1918.
Born Swanley, Kent, son of Edward & Sarah Wellard.
Brothers - Herbert Wellard, Frederick Wellard.
Sisters - Ada Prall, Louisa Wellard, Edith Wellard.
1911 Census - 4 Jessamine Terrace, Birchwood, St Mary Cray, Kent - Edward Wellard, head, age 65, married, farm labourer, farmer, worker, born Eynsford, Kent; Sarah Wellard, wife, age 66, married 40 years, 8 children, all still alive, born Shoreham, Kent; Elvey Wellard, son, age 37, single, farm labourer, farmer, worker, born Eynsford, Kent; Edith Wellard, daughter, age 28, single, invalid, confirmed, born Eynsford, Kent, cripple; Edward Wellard, son, age 24, single, carman, farmers, worker, born Swanley, Kent; Bertie Wellard, son, age 21, single, carman, farmers, worker, born Swanley, Kent.
Enlisted Bromley, Kent. Resided St Mary Cray, Kent.
Buried at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, XVIII. F. 1/29.,
This page was last updated on 19-Mar-2023.
Copyright © 2008 Janet & Richard Mason