The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Walkling

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Private  James WALKLING, G/2214, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 13th July 1916.

Born Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent, son of Alice Walkling (deceased), Inges Cottages, Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent, age 34, height 5ft 7 inches, fresh complexion, brown eyes, black hair. Formerly labourer.

Home, 8th September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF, 26th July 1915 to 13th July 1916.

8th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th July 1915, embarked; 13th July 1916, posted missing.

26th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, none; Mother, none; Uncles / Aunts - John Walkling, age 59, 4 Pounsley Cottages, Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent; Ellen Cole, The Dukes Head; Marion? Warren?, Dusten? Villas; James Walking, Chipstead, Kent.

Commemorated at Thiepval memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France