The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W H Wilson

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Private William Henry WILSON, L/7439, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 23rd August 1914, age 29.

Born Clapton Park, Middlesex, son of Thomas W. and Emma Louisa Wilson, of 25, Halidon St., Homerton, London.

Great Eastern Railway, Liverpool Street, Police Constable for 18 months.

21st December 1903, enlisted Maidstone, Kent. Formerly labourer.

15th August 1914, posted BEF.

Commemorated at La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France.

Brother, J T Wilson, 8393, Ox & Bucks Light Infantry, killed in action, 19th September 1914, age 30. Buried Vailly British Cemetery, I.H.11. Aisne, France.

Photograph by "Canarykid"