The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private S T Williams

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Private Stanley Thomas WILLIAMS, G/6349, 2nd Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, (gun shot wound, abdomen), Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 18th April  1916, age 22.

Born Ramsgate, Kent, son of Edward & Julia Williams, 1, Cannonbury Road, Ramsgate, Kent.

1st December 1895, Christ Church, Ramsgate, Kent, baptism of Stanley Thomas Williams, son of Edward Walter & Julia Williams.

1911 Census - 1, Cannonbury Road, Ramsgate, Kent - Edward Williams, head, age 47, married, bathchair proprietor, own account, born Ramsgate, Kent; Julia Williams, wife, age 44, married 23 years, 11 children, 9 still alive, born Woodnesborough, Kent; Hubert Williams, son, age 18, single, chauffeur (motor), Doctor, worker, born Ramsgate, Kent; Stanley Williams, son, age 17, single, assistant, Mineral Water Factory, Mineral Water Manufacturers, worker, born Ramsgate, Kent; Dorothy Williams, daughter, age 13, school, born Ramsgate, Kent; Harold Williams, son, age 11, school, born Ramsgate, Kent; William Williams, son, age 9, school, born Ramsgate, Kent; Judie Williams, daughter, age 8, school, born Ramsgate, Kent; Glaydis Williams, daughter, age 3, born Ramsgate, Kent.

Enlisted Ramsgate, Kent, age 21 years & 4 months. Resided 1, Cannonbury Road, Ramsgate, Kent. Formerly miller.

Home 26th April 1915 to 9th December 1915; BEF 10th December 1915 to 18th April 1916.

26th April 1915 enlisted; 4th May 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th May 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th November 1915, Fort Darland, reporting himself sick without a cause, 10 days confined to Barracks; 10th December 1915, posted Indian Expeditionary Force; 10th December 1915, Keynsham Dockyard, embarked H.T, Kinfauns; 8th January 1916, Ashaz, disembarked.

18th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Edward Williams, 1, Cannonbury Road, Ramsgate, Kent; Mother, Julia Williams, 1, Cannonbury Road, Ramsgate, Kent; Brothers - Edward, age 31, 1, Cannonbury Road, Ramsgate, Kent; Harold, age 19, 1, Cannonbury Road, Ramsgate, Kent; William, age 17, 1, Cannonbury Road, Ramsgate, Kent; Sisters - ????? ??norman, age 29, 106 Southwood Road, Ramsgate, Kent; Mrs D Wallenburgh, age 22,  Southampton, Canada; Judie F Williams, age 16, 1, Cannonbury Road, Ramsgate, Kent; Gladis E Williams, age 12, 1, Cannonbury Road, Ramsgate, Kent.

Buried  at Amara War Cemetery, XXI. G. 14., Iraq.

NOTE from CWGC -  In 1933, all of the headstones were removed from this cemetery when it was discovered that salts in the soil were causing them to deteriorate. Instead a screen wall was erected with the names of those buried in the cemetery engraved upon it.