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Private L J Wylie

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Private Leonard James WYLIE, G/30845, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly G/57528, Middlesex Regiment),  killed in action, Flanders France, 25th April 1918, age 19.

1st March 1899, born Bethnal Green, Middlesex, son of Charles and Rebecca Alice Wylie, of 33, Ravenscroft Buildings, Columbia Road, Bethnal Green, London.

9th April 1899, St Mark, Shoreditch, Hackney, baptism of Leonard James Wylie, son of Charles, (stationers porter),  and Rebecca Alice Wylie, 8 Derby House, Great Eastern Street.

9th April 1899, St Mark, Shoreditch, Hackney, baptism of Charles John Wylie, (born 20th October 1894), son of Charles, (stationers porter),  and Rebecca Alice Wylie, 8 Derby House, Great Eastern Street. 

1911 Census - 33, Ravenscroft Buildings, Ravenscroft Street, Columbia Road, Bethnal Green, London NE. - Charles Wylie, head, age 45, married, printers timekeeper, worker, born Lambeth, London; Rebecca Wylie, wife, age 39, married 17 years, 7 children, 6 still alive, born Westminster, London; Charles Wylie, son, age 16, single, printers porter, worker, born Finsbury, London; Annie Wylie, daughter, age 15, single, printers perforator, worker, born Shoreditch, London; Leonard Wylie, son, age 12, school, born Shoreditch, London; Herbert Wylie, son, age 10, school, born Shoreditch, London; William Wylie, son, age 8, school, born Shoreditch, London; Caroline Wylie, daughter, age 2, born Bethnal Green, London.

Enlisted Bethnal Green, Middlesex.

Buried at Hangard Communal Cemetery Extension, I. J. 19., Somme, France.