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Private G W Vousden


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Private George William VOUSDEN, G/26838, 1st/5th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died, No 19 Casualty Clearing Station, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 5th June 1918, age 24.

1894 January, born Milton, Kent, son of John and Eliza Vousden, of 138, High Street, Queenborough, Kent.


1911 Census - 47 Maple Street, Sheerness, Kent - John Vousden, head, age 45, married, bricklayer, H.M. Dockyard, born St Michaels; Eliza Vousden, wife, age 43, married, born Woodchurch;  George Vousden, son, age 17, single, born Milton; Frederick Vousden, son, age 16, single, born Milton; Kate Vousden, daughter, age 14, single, born Milton; Jessie Vousden, daughter, age 13, single, born Milton.


Enlisted Sheerness, Kent.  Resided Sheerness, Kent.

10th March 1919, Probate - George William Vousden, sometime of 45 Maple Street, Sheerness-on-Sea late of 17 Newington Place, Edinburgh, Private 1st/5th  Battalion, Royal West Kents, died 5th June 1918, at No 19 Casualty Clearing Station, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, intestate. Confirmation granted at Edinburgh, 10th March to John Vousden, 17 Newington Place, aforesaid, Executor dative qua father. Value of Estate, £193 14s 6d.

Buried at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, III. H. 7., Iraq.


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