The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private L V Waterman

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Private Leonard Victor  WATERMAN, G/9604, 7th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action,  Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 21st March 1918, age 21.

Born Strood, Kent, son of David and Annie Maria Waterman, of 6, Lester Road, Chatham, Kent.

1911 Census - 63 Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, Kent - David WAterman, head, age 41, married, bricklayer, builder, worker, born Hunton, Kent; Annie Waterman, wife, age 40, married 22 years, 8 children, 7 still alive, born Frindsbury, Kent; Alice Waterman, daughter, age 21, single, domestic servant, born Strood, Kent; Annie Waterman, daughter, age 19, single, domestic servant, born Strood, Kent; Leonard Waterman, son, age 14, school, born Strood, Kent; Archibald Waterman, son, age 9, born Strood, Kent; Cyril Waterman, son, age 7, school, born, Chatham, Kent; Irene Waterman, daughter, age 5, born, Chatham, Kent; Clarence Waterman, son, age 11 months, born, Chatham, Kent.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent.  Resided Chatham, Kent.

Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Panel 58 and 59, Somme, France.