The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private V E B Williams

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"A WORTHY SON

A LOVING BROTHER

AND A TRUE SOLDIER

PROMOTED TO GLORY"

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Private Vivian Ernest Bramwell WILLIAMS, 203230, (TF/2045),2nd / 4th  Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Egypt, 20th April 1917, age 20.

Born Worcester, Worcestershire, son of Henry Llewellyn and Julia Maria Williams, of Johannesburg, South Africa. 

1911 Census - 683 Lea Bridge Road, Leyton, Essex - Julia M Williams, head, age 44, married 18 years, 10 children, 9 sill alive, Salvation Army Staff Officer, born Brighton, Sussex; Llewellyn R Williams, son, age 17, single, apprentice electrical engineer, worker, born Cardiff, Glamorganshire; Olive E Williams, daughter, age 16, single, occupation none, born Manchester, Lancashire; William V Williams, son, age 15, single, school, born Manchester, Lancashire; Vivian E Williams, son, age 14, school, born Worcester, Worcestershire; Dorothy J Williams, daughter, age 11, school, born Hull, Yorkshire; Doris K Williams, daughter, age 9, born Leyton, Essex; Myrtle B Williams, daughter, age 8, born Newcastle, Northumberland; Reginald H Williams, son, age 4, born Glasgow, Lanarkshire; Ruby G Williams, daughter, age 3, born Exeter, Devon.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent.  Resided Leyton, Essex.

1st August 1915, posted Balkans Theatre of War.

Buried  Deir el Belah War Cemetery,  A. 139., Israel.