Private James WEBB, S/4717, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 21st March 1915, age 29.

Born Rotherhithe, SE, son of James Webb, 18 Fulford Street, Rotherhithe, Surrey.

20th January 1903, New Cross, enlisted 3rd Battalion, Special Reserve, Royal West Kent Regiment, age 17 years & 10 months, height 5ft 1¾ inches, weight 110lbs, fresh complexion, grey eyes, brown hair.

Drilled on enlistment and present for Annual Training, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907 & 1908.

Enlisted 9th August 1908, Maidstone, Kent, age 23 years & 5 months, height 5ft 1¾ inches, weight 110lbs, grey eyes, brown hair. Formerly dock labourer.

25th December 1909, Rotherhithe, married Margaret Matthews, spinster, 58 Salisbury Street, Jamaica Road, Bermondsey / 71 Marigold Street, Bermondsey.

Children - James William Webb, born 12th June 1910, St Olave, Bermondsey;

1911 Census - 29 Salisbury Street, Bermondsey - James Webb, head, age 25, married, s c docks, worker, born Rotherhithe, Surrey, London; Margaret Webb, wife, age 23, married 1 year, wood chopper, worker, born Rotherhithe, Surrey, London; James Webb, son, age 9 months, born Rotherhithe, Surrey, London.

Children - William Webb, born 3rd December 1913, St Olave, Bermondsey.

Home, 9th August 1908 to 18th September 1914; BEF, 19th September 1914 to 21st March 1915.

9th August 1908, Special Course of Training, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912 present for Annual Training; 5th June 1912, re-engaged; 1913, present for Annual Training; 8th August 1914, mobilised; 19th September 1914, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Addenda Panel, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

NOTE: This casualty has recently been accepted for commemoration by the Commission. However, it will not be possible to add his name to this Memorial immediately. Please contact the Commission before planning a visit, for more information.

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