The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H G Wills

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Private Henry George WILLS, G/23701, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, 31st July 1917, age 23.

Born Exeter, Devon, son of John & Emily Wills, of 15, Cambridge Street, Thomas, Exeter, Devon.

1911 Census - 15, Cambridge Street, Thomas, Exeter, Devon - John Wills, head, age 49, married, labourer, Marine Stores, worker, born Alphington, Devon; Emily Wills, wife, age 46, married 27 years, 9 children, all still alive, born Exeter, Devon; William Wills, son, age 23, single, gas meter maker, Gas Meter Works, worker, born Exeter, Devon; Henry Wills, son, age 17, single, general labourer, worker, born Exeter, Devon; Albert Wills, son, age 13, school, born Exeter, Devon; Ellen Wills, daughter, age 10, school, born Exeter, Devon; Kate Wills, daughter, age 8, school, born St Thomas, Exeter, Devon; Mabel Wills, daughter, age 6, school, born Exeter, Devon.

Enlisted Exeter, Devon. Formerly Porter, Goods Department, Great Western Railway, Exeter.

Buried at Bedford House Cemetery, Enclosure No.4 X. E. 22., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.