The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H Moreton

Private Harry MORETON, S/8578, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 18th April 1915.

Born Oxford, Oxfordshire, son of Sarah Moreton.

POSSIBLE - 1911 Census - 12 Brierley Street, Bethnal Green, NE - Sarah Moreton, head, age 43, widower, married 24 years, 4 children, 2 still alive, tailoress, work on a/c at home, born Bethnal Green, Middlesex; James Baldock, cousin, age 29, single, cabinet maker, worker, born Stepney, Middlesex; Harry Moreton, son, age 20, single, carman, coal trade, worker, born Bethnal Green, Middlesex; James Moreton, son, age 17, single, stick maker, stick trade, worker, born Bethnal Green, Middlesex.

Enlisted Woolwich, Kent. Resided New Cross, SE.

7th December 1914, posted BEF.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Belgium.

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