The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W A Smith

Private William Arthur SMITH, G/24475, (TF/3678), 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 3rd May 1917, age 24.

Born Leigh, Kent, son of John and Rose Adelaide Smith, Lightfoots, Leigh, Tonbridge, Kent.

1911 Census - Lightfoots, Leigh, Tonbridge, Kent - John Smith, head, age 44, married, farm labourer, worker, born Frittenden, Kent; Rose Adelaide Smith, wife, age 41, married 18 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Leigh, Kent; William Arthur Smith, son, age 18, single, butchers assistant, worker, born Leigh, Kent; Albert Frank Smith, son, age 6, single, bakers assistant, worker, born Leigh, Kent; Cecil Smith, son, age 12, school, born Leigh, Kent.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent. Resided Leigh, Kent.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, France.

NOTE - Medal Index Card shows - 2/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment posted 1st August 1915, Balkans Theatre of War.

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