The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H A Wool(l)ey

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Private Henry Albert WOOLLEY, G/11930, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, 17th June 1916, age 21.

Born Chatham, Kent, son of John / Jack Woolley, of 146, Ordnance Street, Chatham, Kent.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent, age 21 years & 7 months, height 5ft 2½ inches, weight 112lbs. Formerly drayman.

Home 9th December 1915 to 18th May 1916; BEF 19th May 1916 to 17th June 1916.

9th December 1915, enlisted; 10th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 23rd January 1916, mobilized; 25th January 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th May 1916, posted BEF & 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th May 1916, embarked; 2nd June 1916, proceeded to join Battalion, In the Field.

27th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Nil; Children, Nil; Father, John Woolley, 146, Ordnance Street, Chatham; Mother, Nil; Brothers - John Jesse Woolley, age 38, 113 Coleman Street; Sisters - Ann Elizabeth Woolley, age 39, 146, Ordnance Street, Chatham.

Buried at Dranoutre Military Cemetery, II. E. 5., Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

NOTE: Regimental History & Soldiers Died in the Great War spell lastname WOOLEY; CWGC web site spell it WOOLLEY.