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Private S V Stratton

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Private Stanley Victor STRATTON, G/29750, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 5th October 1918, age 19.

14th August 1899, born Watford, Hertfordshire, son of *William and Eliza Stratton, (nee England), Watford, Hertfordshire. *died 1908, age 54 Watford.

22nd September 1899, St Marys, Watford, Hertfordshire, baptism of Stanley Victor Stratton, son of William and Eliza Stratton.

1911 Census - 89 Estcourt Road, Watford, Hertfordshire - Eliza Stratton, head, age 55, widow, married 33 years 12 children, all still alive, born St Alban, Hertfordshire; $Sidney Stratton, son, age 31, single, carman, builder, born Watford, Hertfordshire; Walter James Stratton, son, age 25, single, marine stores man, worker, born Watford, Hertfordshire; Maud Mary Stratton, daughter, age 23, single, factory hand, chocolate manufacturer, born Watford, Hertfordshire; Martha Stratton, daughter, age 21, single, factory hand, chocolate manufacturer, born Watford, Hertfordshire; Beatrice Stratton, daughter, age 19, single, factory hand, chocolate manufacturer, born Watford, Hertfordshire; George Arthur Stratton, son, age 15, single, domestic gardener, born Watford, Hertfordshire; Albert Edward Stratton, son, age 13, feeble minded from birth, born Watford, Hertfordshire; Stanley Victor Stratton, son, age 11, school, born Watford, Hertfordshire; Harold Robin Crowley, boarder, age 21, single, boot repairer, worker, born Tring, Hertfordshire; May Pugh, boarder, age 18, single, factory hand, chocolate manufacturer, born Bushey, Middlesex; George England, boarder, age 86, widower, born born St Alban, Hertfordshire, totally blind 3 years.

Enlisted Bedford, Bedfordshire.

Buried at Terlincthun British Cemetery, IV. E. 37., Wimille, Pas de Calais, France.

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Private $Sidney Arthur Stratton, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, Service No.6663, died 15th January 1915, Belgium.

1913 March Quarter, Watford, married #Louisa Kiff. Child - Irene Dorothy Stratton, born 1913 March Quarter, Watford. #died 1914, age 34,  December Quarter, Watford.

Buried at Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, I.A.14, Belgium. 

Nephew of Miss L Kiff, 67 Cecil Street, Watford, Herfordshiire.