The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W E Whiffin

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Private William Edward WHIFFIN, 240213, 1st/5th Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Mesopotamian Expeditionary, 31st December 1916,  age 22.

Born  Meopham  Kent, son of William and Alice Whiffin,  Beesfield Farm, Farningham, Kent.

1911 Census - Beasfield Farm, Beasfield, Farningham, Dartford, Kent - William Whiffin, head, age 48, married, Farm Bailiff, worker, born Kingsdown, Kent; Alice Whiffin, wife, age 41, married 17 years, 3 children, 2 still alive, born Gravesend, Kent; William Edward Whiffin, son, age 16, single, gardener, domestic, worker, born Meopham  Kent; Sydney Whiffin, son, age 12, school, born Meopham  Kent.

Enlisted Swanley Kent.

Commemorated  at Basra Memorial,  Panel 29, Iraq.

AWARDS: Mentioned in Dispatches.