The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Walls

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Private James WALLS, G/9248, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds (gun shot wound to chest), Field Hospital, Fechain, France, 29th March 1918.

Born Jarrow, Durham, son  Thomas & Bridget W Walls, 3 Springfield Cottages, Wells Road, Upper Sydenham.

1911 Census - 3 Springfield Cottages, Rosamond Street, Sydenham - Thomas Walls, head, age 47, widower, labourer, general, worker, born Jarrow on Tyne; Violet Walls, daughter, age 22, single, Barmaid (Publicans), worker, born Richmond, Surrey; Sarah Walls, daughter, age 16, single, general servant, worker, born Jarrow on Tyne; Agnes Walls, daughter, age 13, born Penge, Surrey; Margaret Walls, daughter, age 5, born Sydenham, Kent; James Walls, son, age 18, single, bakers assistant, worker, born Jarrow on Tyne.

Enlisted Lewisham, SE, age 22 years & 109 days, height 5ft 5½ inches, weight 114lbs.  Resided Sydenham, SE. Formerly baker.

Separation Allowance 16/9 a week.

Home, 26th July 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF, 3rd May 1916 to 20th June 1917; Home, 21st June 1917 to 5th September 1917; BEF. 6th September 1917 to 29th March 1918.

26th July 1915, enlisted; 6th March 1916, not complying with an order, admonished; 2nd May 1916, Southampton, embarked; 3rd May 1916, Havre, disembarked; 15th September 1916, wounded in action; 15th September 1916, 14 Corps, W.W.C.P., gun shot wound, right arm; 17th September 1916, Rouen, 11 Stationary Hospital, gun shot wound, right arm; 3rd October 1916, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 26th October 1916, rejoined Battalion; 30th March 1917, In the Field, slackness while on sentry, go in the front line trench, failure to challenge an officer, 7 days confined to Barracks; 15th June 1917, wounded; 18th June 1917, Boulogne, 83 Canadian Hospital, gun shot wound to face, severe; 21st June 1917, Hospital Ship "St David", to England; 21st June 1917 to 25th July 1917, Norfolk War Hospital, Thorpe, Norwich, gun shot wound to face; 6th September 1917 posted BEF; 14th November 1917, to Italy with Battalion.

Statement of Relatives - Father, Thomas Walls, 3 Springfield Cottages, Wells Road, Upper Sydenham; Mother, deceased; Brothers - none; Sisters - Margaret Walls, age 13, 3 Springfield Cottages, Wells Road, Upper Sydenham.

4th October 1924, exhumed from Fechain Communal Cemetery, German Extension,7.5 miles SW of Denain, and reburied at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery,  XXIV. A. 10., Souchez, Pas de Calais, France.