The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private S G Willis

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Private Stanley George WILLIS, G/10898, 6th Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, (gun shot wound head, compound fracture of the skull), Rouen, 10 General Hospital, France, 22nd November 1917.

Born Stamford Hill, London, son of Bernard & Eleanor Willis.

1911 Census - 22 Beulah Grove, West Croydon - Bernard Willis, head, age 44, married, milkman, worker, born Stebbing, Essex; Eleanor Willis, wife, age 44, married 17 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Hatfield, Hartford; Albert Willis, son, age 15, single, errand boy, grocers, born Stamford Hill, Middlesex; Stanley Willis, son, age 13, school, born Stamford Hill, Middlesex; Bernard Willis, son, age 10, school, born Stamford Hill, Middlesex; Frederick Willis, son, age 5, born Stamford Hill, Middlesex; Francis Willis, son, age 3, born Stamford Hill, Middlesex; Elsie Willis, daughter, age 12, born Stamford Hill, Middlesex; Merion Willis, daughter, age 10, born Stamford Hill, Middlesex; Percy Collins, boarder, age 21, single, carman, builders, born Stamford Hill, Middlesex.

Enlisted Chelmsford, Essex, age 19, height 5ft 3½ inches.  Resided 8 Bradford Street, Chelmsford, Essex / 98 Mineral Street, Conway Road, Plumstead, SE18.. Formerly grinder.

Home 15th November 1915 to 2nd October 1916; BEF 3rd October 1916 to 22nd November 1917.

15th November 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th November 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd October 1916, posted BEF; 3rd October 1916, embarked; 17th October 1916, joined 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st March 1917, wounded in action; 31st March 1917, 19 Casualty Clearing Station, shrapnel wound chest & right arm; 20th April 1917, to Duty; 20th November 1917, wounded in action; 21st November 1917, Rouen, 10 General Hospital, dangerously ill, gun shot wound head;

4th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Bernard Willis, 142 Clover Road, East Wickham; Mother, Eleanor Jane Willis, 142 Clover Road, East Wickham, Welling, Kent; Brothers - Bernard Alfred Willis, age 17, 142 Clover Road, East Wickham, Welling, Kent; Frederick Willis, age 14, 142 Clover Road, East Wickham, Welling, Kent; Francis Thomas Willis, age 11, 142 Clover Road, East Wickham, Welling, Kent.

Buried at St Sever Cemetery Extension, P. III. P. 9B., Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.

NOTE: Regimental History & Soldiers Died in the Great War both show Service No. as G/10898; CWGC web site shows it as 10696.