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Private J E Wells

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Private James  Edward WELLS, L/8285, 2nd Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 11th July 1917.

Born  Wateringbury, Maidstone, Kent, son of Robert Thomas & Isabel Ann Wells.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent.

1911 Census - Quebee Barracks, Bordon, Hampshire - James Edward Wells, Private, age 23, single, 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Soldier, born Wateringbury Kent.

1914 June, Malling Registration District, James E Wells, married Dorcas D Abery

Children - Thomas James Wells, born 23rd August 1914.

26th August 1914, posted BEF.

1918 December, Malling Registration District, Dorcas D Wells married Frederick C Mannering

Buried  at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, XIV. L. 8.,  Iraq. Commemorated at The Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, West Malling Kent /  War Memorial, St John the Baptist Church, Wateringbury Kent.