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Private O G J Williams

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Private Owen Gilbert James WILLIAMS, S/1237, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, 22nd February  1915.

Born Maidstone, Kent, son of William & Caroline.

27th August 1899, Maidstone, Kent, married Beatrice Elizabeth Myles.

1911 Census - 22 Camden Street, Maidstone, Kent. - Owen Williams, head, age 33, married, labourer, builder, worker, born Maidstone, Kent; Beatrice Williams, wife, age 30, married 12 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Maidstone, Kent; William Williams, son, age 11, school, born Maidstone, Kent; Fredrick Williams, son, age 9, school, born Maidstone, Kent; Dorothy, Williams, daughter, age 8, school, born Maidstone, Kent; Gladys Williams, daughter, age 6, school, born Maidstone, Kent; Ivy Williams, daughter, age 3, born Maidstone, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent.

2nd February 1915, posted BEF.

Widow - Beatrice Elizabeth Williams, born 1st May 1881.

Children - Owen Frederick James Williams, born 16th February 1902; Dorothy Beatrice Williams, born 18th June 1903; Gladys Maud Williams, born 6th April 1905; Lillian Ivy Williams, born 1st February 1908.

Buried at Tuileries British Cemetery, Special Memorial. C. 4., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.