The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W A Waterman

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Private William Alfred  WATERMAN, 203190, (1513), 2nd / 4th  Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Egypt, 8th May 1917, age 20.

Born Darenth, Kent, son of Alfred and Kate Waterman, of Allchins Cottage, Sutton-at-Hone, Dartford, Kent.

1911 Census - Russells Cottages, Devon Road, Sutton at Hone, Dartford, Kent - Alfred Waterman, head, age 45, married, farm labourere, worker, born Strood, Kent; Kate Waterman, wife, age 35, married 15 years, 8 children, 5 still alive, born Dartford; William Waterman, son, age 14, farm labourer, worker, born Darenth, Kent; Nelly Waterman, daughter, age 13, school, born Sutton-at-Hone, Kent; Florence Waterman, daughter, age 7, born Sutton-at-Hone, Kent; Herbert Waterman, son, age 2, born Sutton-at-Hone, Kent; Cicely Waterman, daughter, age 9 months, born Sutton-at-Hone, Kent.

Enlisted Eynsford, Kent.  Resided Sutton at Hone, Kent.

Buried  at Gaza War Cemetery, XXX. E. 10., Israel. Commemorated  Sutton-at-Hone War Memorial.