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Private Michael SULLIVAN, S/8477, 1st Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 18th December  1914.

Born Sydenham, SE. son of Elizabeth Sullivan.

1911 Census - 37 Maddin Road, Lower Sydenham, SE.- Elizabeth Louisa Sullivan, head, age 52, widow, married 29 years, 10 children, 8 still alive, laundress, Laundry, worker, born Sydenham, Kent; Jeremiah Sullivan, son, age 18, single, farmer, worker, born Sydenham, Kent; Michael Sullivan, son, age 18, single, farmer, worker, born Sydenham, Kent; Elizabeth Sullivan, daughter, age 17, single, general servant, worker, born Sydenham, Kent; Maud Sullivan, daughter, age 16, single, general servant, worker, born Sydenham, Kent; William Fish, boarder, age 72, widower, plasterer, building, worker, born Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire.

13th February 1912, enlisted New Cross, London SE. Formerly farm labourer.

15th August 1914, posted BEF.

Commemorated at  Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Belgium.