The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H Woolford

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Private Henry WOOLFORD, 203936, 2nd/4th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Egypt, 4th November 1917.

Born Marden, Kent, son of Ananias Woolford.

1911 Census - Loves Farm, Marden, Kent - Ananias Woolford, head, age 66, married, 16 years, children born alive 1, Children still living None, children died 1, farm labourer, farmer, worker, born Ramsbury, Wiltshire; Sarah Woolford, wife, age 54, married children born alive 1, Children still living None, children died -1, born St Peters, Isle of Thanet; Henry Woolford, son, age 25, single, farm labourer, farmer, worker, born Marden, Kent.

12th October 1912, Marden, Kent, Henry Woolford, married Beatrice Acott,  21 Dane Hill, Cliftonville, Margate Kent / Great Chevening Farm, Marden Kent.

Children - Florence Emily Woolford, born 13th December 1913

Enlisted Canterbury, Kent.

1923 March, Maidstone Registration District, Beatrice Woolford, married Henry J Gaskin.

Buried at Beersheba War Cemetery, G. 33., Israel.

Commemorated Marden War Memorial.