The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W G Whiffen

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Private William George WHIFFEN,  TF/4268 (201566), 1st/4th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment. Died Pachmarh, India, 30th September 1916.

Born Southfleet, Kent.

1911 Census - 1 Harborough Cottages, Southfleet, Gravesend, Kent - Emma Maria Whiting, head, age 60, widow, married 41 years, 9 children, 8 still alive, born Hibworth, Leicestershire; William George Whiffen, boarder, age 28, single, farm labourer, worker, born Southfleet, Kent.

Enlisted 12th December 1915, Gravesend, Kent, age 33.  Resided at Betsham, Southfleet, Kent.

Sister, Daisy Maud Edmeads; Brother, Thomas Whiffen.

Commemorated at Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, Face, 7, India.