Private Horace Hills WHYMAN, G/11270, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 13th September 1916, age 23.

Born Northfleet, Kent, son of Caroline Whyman, 20, Alfred Place, Perry Street, Northfleet Kent.

1911 Census - 20, Alfred Place, Perry Street,  Northfleet Kent - Caroline Whyman, head, age 59, married 40 years, 12 children, 10 still alive, born Perry Street,  Northfleet Kent; Horace Hills Whyman, son, age 17, single, butchers assistant, worker, Perry Street, Northfleet Kent; Richard Hills Whyman, son, age 14, grocers errand boy, worker, born Perry Street, Northfleet Kent; Henry Hills, boarder, age 60, single, general labourer, born Perry Street, Northfleet Kent.

Enlisted  Gravesend, Kent, age 22 years & 158 days, height 5ft 10 inches, weight 145lbs.  Resided 20 Alfred Place, Perry Street, Northfleet. Formerly butcher.

Home 19th November 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF 3rd May 1916 to 13th September 1916.

19th November 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th November 1915, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF & embarked Southampton, for France; 4th May 1916, Havre, disembarked; 6th July 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal.

27th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, none; Mother, Caroline Whyman, 20, Alfred Place, Perry Street; Brothers - Arthur Whyman, age 39, Caroline Whyman, 21, Alfred Place, Perry Street; Sisters - Edith Webster, age 33, 34 Wellington Street; Lily Hollands, age 31, 19, Alfred Place, Perry Street; Amy Eves, age 28, Barming Mental Asylum; Florence Clifford, age 47, 32 Augustine Road, Gravesend; Alice Obee, age 43, South Hill Road, Gravesend.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France. / Northfleet War Memorial.

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