The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H E Wells

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Private Harry Eagan WELLS, G/30847, 7th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly G/57530, Middlesex Regiment), killed in action, Flanders France, on or shortly after, 8th August 1918, age 19.

Born 6th March 1899, Wood Green, Middlesex, son of Harry Octavius Wells & Louisa Marion Wells,  3C, Morgan Mansions, Holloway, London. 

8th June 1900, St Michael at Bowes, Southgate, baptism of Harry Eagan Wells, son of Harry Octavius Wells, (jeweller), & Louisa Marion Wells, 75 Nightingale Road.

8th June 1900, St Michael at Bowes, Southgate, baptism of Dora Lillian Wells, daughter of Harry Octavius Wells, (jeweller), & Louisa Marion Wells, 75 Nightingale Road.

8th June 1900, St Michael at Bowes, Southgate, baptism of Charles Layton Wells, son of Harry Octavius Wells, (jeweller), & Louisa Marion Wells, 75 Nightingale Road. 

1911 Census - 13 St Peters Road, Holloway, N. - Harry Octavius Wells, head, age 42, married, clerk, jewellery manufacturer, worker, born East Barnet, Hertfordshire; Louisa Marion Wells, wife, age 43, married 19 years, 8 children, all still alive, born Southwark, London; *Frederick Ashley Wells, son, age 18, single, clerk, paper manufacturer, worker, born St Pancras, London; Dora Lilian Wells, daughter, age 16, single, shop assistant, electric lamp company, worker, born St Pancras, London; Charles Layton Wells, son, age 14, mechanic cleaning, electrical engineers, worker, born Islington, London; Harry Eagan Wells, son, age 12, school, born Wooid Green, London; Frank Dudley Wells, son, age 9, school, born Islington, London; George Edward Wells, son, 6, school, born Islington, London; Eileen Josephine Wells, daughter, age 3, born Islington, London; Phillip Arthur Wells, son, age 2½ months, born Islington, London.

Enlisted Stoke Newington, London, N.   Resided Holloway, N7.

Buried at Beacon Cemetery, III. I. 12., Sailly-Laurette, Somme, France.

Photograph by "Frank Grant"

*Frederick Ashley Wells, Ship's Steward Assistant, Royal Navy, Service No. M11009., died 31st May 1916, killed in action at Battle of Jutland, age 23.

30th March 1893, born St Pancras, London,

29th December 1914 enlisted, height 5ft 9 inches, fresh complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair, mole back of each shoulder.

29th December 1914 to 20th January 1915, HMS Victory; 21st January 1915 to 31st May 1916, HMS Queen Mary.

31st May 1916, posted missing. Lost at sea.

Commemorated Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England / Memorial to Staff of the Ministry of Labour, now hanging in Caxton House, Tothill Street, London SW1 and on Board of Trade War Memorial