The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J W Waters

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Private John William WATERS, G/12890, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, (shrapnel wounds thighs, right leg, right groin, left hand & face),  Flanders France, 17th August 1917, age 27.

Born Stratford, Essex, only son of William Emanuel & Sarah Waters, 36, Church Street., Gillingham, Kent.

1911 Census - 36, Church Street., Gillingham, Kent - William Waters, head, age about 50, married, general dealer, own account, at home, born uncertain; Sarah Waters, wife, age about 50, married 28 years, 6 children, 2 still alive, at home, born Southend, Essex; Ellen M Waters, daughter, age 20, single, born Holloway; John W Waters, son, age 21, single, greengrocer, own account, at home, born Stratford, Essex.

Enlisted Gillingham, Kent, age 25 years & 4 months, height 5ft 5¾ inches, weight 123lbs, upper & lower denture.  Resided Gillingham, Kent. Formerly greengrocer & carter.

Home 11th December 1915 to 7th December 1916; BEF 8th December 1916 to 12th February 1917; Home 13th February 1917 to 13th June 1917; BEF 14th June 1917 to 17th August 1917.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 29th March 1916, mobilized; 30th March 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th March 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th December 1916, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th December 1916, embarked / disembarked; 8th February 1917, wounded; 13th February 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th February 1917  to 3rd April 1917, Wharncliffe War Hospital, Sheffield, shrapnel wound, left thigh; 21st April 1917 to 25th May 1917, Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea; 27th May 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th June 1917, posted BEF; 14th June 1917, embarked; 4th July 1917, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th July 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; 1st August 1917, wounded.

Buried at Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, I. D. 12., Nord, France.