The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J H Wallis

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Private John Henry WALLIS, G/459, 6th  Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 14th October 1915, age 20.

Born Dulwich, Kent, son of John Henry & Annie Wallis, 44, Stanley Road, Bromley, Kent.

1911 Census - 44, Stanley Road, Masons Hill, Bromley, Kent - John Henry Wallis, head, age 48, married, Private Coachman, worker, born Chelsea; Annie Wallis, wife, age 46, married 22 years, 6 children, 5 still alive, born Camberwell; Martha Wallis, daughter, age 17, single, daily girl, born East Dulwich; John Wallis, son, age 16, single, milk round, worker, born East Dulwich; James Wallis, son, age 14, milk round, worker, born Bromley, Kent; Frederick Wallis, son, age 8 months, born Bromley, Kent; James Smith, Father in Law, age 68, bricklayer, builder, born Oxford.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 19 years, height 5ft 9½, weight 144lbs, dark complexion, grey eyes, dark brown hair, scar below right eye, mole inside of left knee; wart on neck, wart on right shoulder. Formerly gardener.

Home 30th August 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF 1st June 1915 to 14th October 1915.

30th August 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd September 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th April 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 1st June 1915, embarked; 25th June 1915, reverts to Private at own request.

30th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, John Henry Wallis, 44, Stanley Road, Bromley; Mother, Annie Wallis, 44, Stanley Road, Bromley; Brothers - Frederick Wallis, age 9?, James Wallis, age 22; Sisters - Alice Wallis, age 28; Martha Wallis, age 26.

Commemorated  Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, Pas de Calais, France / Bromley War Memorial. / St Marks Church, Bromley, Kent / St George's Church, Bickley, Kent.