The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G J Watts


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Private George Joseph WATTS, S/1117, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 23rd April 1915, age 34.

Born Westminster, London, son of George James Watts,  

Previously served 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Discharged Time Expired 1905.

22nd October 1905, St John the Evangelist, Smith Square, Westminster, London, George Joseph Watts, age 24, bachelor, porter, 18 Johnson Street, father George James Watts, carman, married Elizabeth Jane Bates, age 23, spinster,  84 Turner Buildings, Millbank, Estate, father John William Bates, carman. 

Children - Rose Elizabeth, born 13th September 1906, London; Lilian Maud, born 10th February 1909, London;


1911 Census - 51 Brooklands Road, Wandsworth Road, SW - George Watts, head, age 29, married, porter, chemist, born Battersea, London; Elizabeth Watts, wife, age 29, married 5 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Battersea, London; Rose Watts, daughter, age 4, born Westminster, London; Lilian Watts, daughter, age 2, born Lambeth, London; Frederick Lovelock, lodger, age 34, Tinman, born Lambeth, London.


Children - Violet May, born 6th April 1911, London.

Enlisted London, age 34, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 115lbs, fresh complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair, profuse tattooing on both arms, forearms, & calves. Resided 95, Thorparch Road, Wandsworth Ra., Lambeth, London. Formerly porter (outside).

Home 12th October 1914 to 6th December 1914; BEF 7th December 1914 to 23rd April 1915.

12th October 1914, enlisted; 22nd October 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th December 1914, posted BEF & 1st Battalion; 7th December 1914, 5 Infantry Base Depot; 4th January 1915, joined Battalion, "A" Company, In the Field; 12th February 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 23rd April 1915, posted missing.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.


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