The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Humphries

Private James HUMPHRIES, S/8633, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 18th April 1915, age 21.

Born Enniskillen, Ireland, son of James & Elizabeth Humphries, of 19, Chapel Street, Woolwich, London.

1911 Census - 41 Prospect Row, Woolwich, London - James Humphries, head, age 37, married, general labourer, Government Dockyard, worker, born Woolwich, Kent; Elizabeth Humphries, wife age 48, married 17 years, 1 child, still alive, born Enniskillen, Fermanagh; James Humphries, son, age 16, single, shop assistant, tobacconist, worker, born Enniskillen, Fermanagh.

Enlisted New Cross, SE. Resided Woolwich, SE.

26th October 1914, posted BEF.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Belgium.

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