The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W E Oram

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Private William Edward ORAM, G/573, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 6 Casualty Clearing Station, France, 7th April 1916.

Born Rotherfield, Tunbridge Wells, Sussex.

1911 Census - Falkland Park Gardens, South Norwood, London SE - Peter Rinstone, head, age 30, single, gardener domestic, worker, born Rockhampton, Surrey; Harry Emmerson, boarder, age 30, single, gardener domestic, worker, born Bealings, Suffolk; William Wood, boarder, age 25, single, gardener domestic, worker, born Warnham, Sussex; George Simmonds, boarder, age 22, single, gardener domestic, worker, born Croydon, Surrey; James Walsh, boarder, age 23, single, gardener domestic, worker, born Battersea, London; William Oram, boarder, age 23, single, gardener domestic, worker, born Rotherfield, Sussex; Archibald Palmer, boarder, age 22, single, gardener domestic, worker, born Orpington, Kent; James Price, boarder, age 21, single, gardener domestic, worker, born Shanklin, Isle of Wight; Alfred Moody, boarder, age 24, single, gardener domestic, worker, born Bromham, Wiltshire.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 26 years & 4 months, height 5ft 9 inches, weight 148lbs. Formerly gardener.

31st August 1914, enlisted; 2nd September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd September 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st June 1915, embarked; 10th December 1915, attached 37 Brigade for mining purposes; 18th January 1916, rejoined Battalion; 17th March 1916, 18 Field Ambulance, septic right arm; 19th March 1916, 12 DRS, septic right arm; 27th March 1916, rejoined Battalion; 4th April 1916, wounded in action; 5th April 1916, 6 Casualty Clearing Station, shell/shrapnel wounds, leg, arm, thigh right.

6th July 1916 - Next Kin of Kin - No.12481. Private Thomas H Oram, c/o The Officer Commanding, 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, Newhaven, Sussex. "The same person who should be informed that such effects are the equal property of himself and the deceaseds brother George." ; 28th September 1916, transferred from Sussex to Middlesex Regiment; 23rd October 1916, Private Thomas Henry Oram, 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment, Service No.G/40444, died age 35 years old. Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 12D & 13B. Son of the late Thomas & Olive Oram; husband of Fanny Oram, of Station Road, Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells.

20th October 1919 - Next of Kin - George F Oram, Evendons Lane, East Heath, Wokingham, Berkshire. "These instructions cancel those sent to you on 6.7.16."

9th August 1917, Probate - William Edward Oram of Norwood Falkland Park, Norwood, Surrey, Private H.M. Army died 7th April 1916 in France or Belgium on Active Service. Administration (with will) Lonbdon 9th August to George Frederick Oram, caretaker. Effects £200 19s 2d.

Buried at Lillers Communal Cemetery, V. B. 16., France.

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