The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G W Wheeler

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Private George William  WHEELER, G/10763, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action,  Flanders France, 2nd June 1916.

Born Woolwich, SE. son of George & Sarah Wheeler, 12 Down Street, Plumstead, SE18.

1911 Census - 28 Parsons Hill, Woolwich - George Wheeler, head, age 43, married, scaffolder, building, worker, born Woolwich, Kent; Sarah Wheeler, wife, age 43, married 20 years, 10 children, 3 still alive, born Plumstead, Kent; George William Wheeler, son, age 16, single, born Plumstead, Kent; John Thomas Wheeler, son, age 12, born Plumstead, Kent.

Enlisted Woolwich, SE. age 22 years & 90 days, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 108llbs, tattoo right forearm. Resided 118 High Street, Plumstead, Kent / 13 Down Street, Plamstead, Kent. Formerly labourer.

5th June 1915, Woolwich, George William Wheeler married Florence Crabb, spinster, 118 High Street, Plumstead, Kent.

Children - *Gladys Rosina, born 8th July 1915, Woolwich; Elsie Winifred, born 23rd July 1916, Woolwich.

Home 3rd November 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF 3rd May 1916 to 2nd June 1916.

3rd November 1915, enlisted & posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd May 1916, Southampton, embarked; 3rd May 1916 Havre, disembarked; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF.

18th December 1916, pension of 18/6 a week awarded to widow & two children.

*1917 June, Woolwich Registration District, Gladys R Wheeler, died age 1.

1917 December, Woolwich Registration District, Florence Wheeler married William Egerton.

18th November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Florence Egerton, 13 Down Street, Plumstead, SE18; Children, Elsie Winifred Wheeler, 23rd July 1916; Father, George Wheeler, 12 Down Street, Plumstead, SE18; Mother, Sarah Wheeler, 12 Down Street, Plumstead, SE18; Brothers - John Thomas Wheeler, age 20, 12 Down Street, Plumstead, SE18; Nephews / Nieces - George Wheeler, 12 Down Street, Plumstead, SE18; Gladys Wheeler, 12 Down Street, Plumstead, SE18.

Buried at Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery, I. E. 7., Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.