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Private William FULCHER, G/12865, 6th  Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France,  7th October 1916,  age 40.

Born Aldertone, Suffolk, son of William and Ellen Fulcher, of 8, Station Street, Northfleet, Kent.


1911 Census - The Three Daws Hotel, Town Pier, Gravesend, Kent - William Fulcher, servant, age 34, single, night porter hotel, born Alderton, Suffolk.

1911 Census - 8, Station Street, Northfleet, Kent - William Fulcher, head, age 59, married, cement labourer, born Ipswich, Suffolk; Ellen Fulcher, wife, age 58, married 34 years, 7 children, 2 still alive, born Woodbridge, Suffolk; Louisa Povey, daughter, age 32, widow, married 5 years, 1 child, still alive, domestic servant, born Northfleet, Kent; Albert Henry Povey, age 8, grandson, born Northfleet, Kent.


Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 39, height 5ft 4½ inches, weight 112lbs.  Resided 8, Station Street, Northfleet, Kent. Formerly barman.

Home 28th March 1916 to 13th July 1916; BEF 14th July 1916 to 7th October 1916.

28th March 1916, called up for Service; 28th March 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th March 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th July 1916, embarked; 15th July 1916, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 21st July 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd July 1916, joined Battalion In the Field.

1st September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, William Fulcher, 8, Station Street, Northfleet, Kent; Mother, Ellen Fulcher, 8, Station Street, Northfleet, Kent; Sister - Louise Hermitage, age 48, 40 Bloomfield Road, Swanscombe, Kent.

Commemorated at  Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.


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