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Private J Woolven

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Private James WOOLVEN, G/17399, 6th Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 7th October 1916.

Born Brighton, Sussex.

30th April 1913, Register Office Brighton, married Lucy Ellen Denyer, spinster.

Children - Mabel Edith Woolven, born 28th March 1914, Brighton, Sussex.

Separation Allowance 16/- a week, Allotment of Pay 3/6 a week payable to wife.

Home 12th December 1915 to 13th September 1916; BEF 14th September 1916 to 7th October 1916.

Enlisted Brighton, Sussex, age 29, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 105lbs. Resided 61 Cobden Road, Brighton, Sussex / 101 Westbourne Street, Hove, Sussex . Formerly van driver.

12th December 1915, enlisted; 13th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 31st May 1916, mobilized; 1st June 1916, posted 14th Royal Fusiliers, Service No.41237; 1st September 1916, transferred & posted 31st  Battalion, Training Reserve, Service No.24934; 14th September 1916, posted BEF; 14th September 1916, embarked; 15th September 1916, transferred to  Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th September 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 7th October 1916, posted missing.

18th June 1917, pension of 18/9 a week awarded to widow & one child.

1919 June, Newhaven Registration District, Lucy Ellen Woolven, married Alfred J Baldock.

1st June 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Lucy Ellen Baldock, Coldean Farm, Falmer, near Lewes; Children, Mabel Edith Woolven, 28th March 1914, Coldean Farm, Falmer, near Lewes; Father, Warden Woolven, 6 Franklin Street, Brighton; Mother, none; Brothers - Arthur Isaac Woolven, age 38, 61 Cobden Road, Brighton; Albert Woolven, age 27, 61 Cobden Road, Brighton; George Woolven, age 21, on Board Ship; Sisters - Mary Ayling, age 40, St Mary Magdelene Street, Brighton.

Commemorated at  Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.