The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W H Church

Private William Henry CHURCH, G/11230, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 18th September 1916, age 20.

Born Lee, Kent, son of Sidney John and Elizabeth Church, of 33, Brightfield Road, Lee Green, London.

1911 Census - 33, Brightfield Road, Lee, SE - Sidney John Church, head, age 39, married, cab driver, born Lee, London; Elizabeth Ann Church, wife, age 38, married 19 years, 6 children 5 still alive, born Deptford, London; Sidney Charles Church, son, age 16, single, grocers assistant, born Lee, London; William Henry Church, son, age 14, grocers assistant, born Lee, London; Edward John Church, son, age 10, school, born Lee, London; Walter Albert Church, son, age 7, school, born Lee, London; Sarah Williams, boarder, mother in law, age 71, widow, born Pembrokeshire, South Wales.

Entries crossed out - Ethel Lucy Alice Church, daughter, age 18, single, domestic servant, born Lewisham, London; Ernest Arthur Church, son, deceased, born Lee, London

Enlisted Lewisham, Kent, age 19 years & 90 days, height 5ft 5½ inches, fleshy mole left flank, weight 118lbs. Resided 33, Brightfield Road, Lee Green, London. Formerly greengrocers assistant.

Home 18th November 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF 3rd May 1916 to 18th September 1916.

18th November 1915, enlisted & posted11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd May 1916, Southampton, embarked; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF; 3rd May 1916, Havre, disembarked; 18th September 1916, Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, died of wounds, shoulder hand leg left.

26th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Sidney John Church, 33, Brightfield Road, Lee, SE12; Mother, Elizabeth Ann Church, 33, Brightfield Road, Lee, SE12; Brothers - Sidney C Church, age 25, 28 Railway Grove, New Cross; Edward E Church, age 18, 33, Brightfield Road, Lee, SE12; Walter A Church, age 16, 33, Brightfield Road, Lee, SE12; Sister - Ethel Lucy Alice Easby, age 26, 20 Hedgley Street, Lee, SE12.

Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, X. E. 14A., Pas de Calais, France.

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