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Private Henry  WATERS, L/10671, 8th  Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 3.30am, 7th May 1916, age 19.

Born 4th November 1896,  Wrotham Kent, son of Henry & Florence Elizabeth Waters, Station Road, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent. 

1911 Census - Station Road, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent - Henry Waters, head, age 38, married, fish hawker, own account, born Maidstone, Kent; Florence Elizabeth Waters, wife, age 40, married 15 years, 5 children, 4 still alive, born West Malling, Kent; Ellen Waters, daughter, age 15, single, domestic servant, worker, born Boro Green, Kent; Henry Waters, son, age 12, school, born Boro Green, Kent; Alice Annie Waters, daughter, age 9, school, born Boro Green, Kent; William George, son, age 2, born Boro Green, Kent; Mercy Bennett, mother in law, age 65, widow, mill hand, boarded paper mill, worker, born St Mary Platt, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 18 years & 3 months, height 5ft 7¼ inches, weight 132lbs, fresh complexion, brown eyes, brown hair.  Resided Borough Green, Kent. Formerly labourer.

Home, 6th February 1915 to 30th September 1915; BEF, 1st October 1915 to 7th May 1916.

6th February 1915, enlisted; 7th February 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th February 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st October 1915, posted BEF & 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th April or 6th May 1916, wounded; 6th April 1916, admitted 2 Casualty Clearing Station, gun shot wounds, right leg amputated, left foot amputated: 7th May 1916, died 3.30am.

14th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Henry Waters, Station Road, Borough Green; Mother, Florence Elizabeth Waters, Station Road, Borough Green; Brothers - William George Waters, age 10, Station Road, Borough Green; Sisters - Ellen Waters, age 23, 19/20 Gracechurch, Street, EC; Alice Annie, age 17, Station Road, Borough Green. 

Buried  at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), II. D. 27. Nord France. Commemorated at Internal Memorial, The Church of the Good Shepherd, Borough Green, Kent.