The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W J James

Private William John JAMES, 241294, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or since, 14th October 1917, age 25.

Born Venton, Devon, son of Robert & Eliza Ellen James, of Venton, Sparkwell, Plympton, Devon.

1911 Census - Venton near Plympton, Sparkwell, Devon - competed by Walter Robert Kitts - Robert Ellis James, head, age 48, married, farm labourer, worker, born Brixton, near Plymouth, Devon; Eliza Ellen James, wife, age 48, married 19 years, 6 children, 4 still alive, born Plympton, Devon; William John James, son age 18, single, groom, worker, born Plympton, Devon; Fernley Charles James, son, age farm service, worker, born Plympton, Devon; Gladis James, daughter, age 11, school, born Plympton, Devon; Walter Robert Kitts, boarder, age 30, single, packer, Great Western Railway, worker, born Torquay, Devon.

Enlisted Exeter, Devon. Resided Plymouth, Devon.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, France.

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