Private John Henry WELLMAN, TF/2280, 1st / 5th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of pyrexia, India, 18th May 1915, age 19.

Born Pimlico, London, SW, son of Frank Edward & Ellen Kate Wellman, 12, Franklin Road, Penge, London.

1911 Census - 41 Wordsworth Road, Penge, Kent. - Frank Wellman, head, age 49, married, train examiner, South Eastern & Chatham Railway, worker, born Clapham; Ellen Wellman, wife, age 48, married 24 years, 8 children, 5 still alive, born Westminster; Christina Wellman, daughter, age 21, single, upholstery machinist, Harvey Nicholls, worker, born Westminster; Ellen Wellman, daughter, age 20, single, domestic servant, Service, worker, born Westminster; Maud Wellman, daughter, age 18, single, born Pimlico; John Wellman, son, age 14, odd boy, born Pimlico; Violet Wellman, daughter, age 8, at school, born Pimlico; Edward Holland, nephew, age 6, at school, born Clapham; John Holland, nephew, age 3, at school, born Wimbledon; Christina Holland, niece, age 2, born Clapham.

6th September 1914, enlisted Bromley, Kent.   Resided 56 Wordsworth Road, Penge, Kent.

2nd December 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Frank Wellman, 12, Franklin Road, Penge, SE; Mother, Ellen Kate Wellman, 12, Franklin Road, Penge, SE; Sisters - Ellen F. Wellman, age 28, 12, Franklin Road, Penge, SE; Maud Wellman, age 26, 12, Franklin Road, Penge, SE; Violet Wellman, age 16, 12, Franklin Road, Penge, SE;

Buried in Jhansi Cantonment Cemetery, Grave H.103, India

Commemorated at Madras 1914 - 1918 War Memorial, Face 20, Chennai, India.

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