The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W J Mott

Private Walter James MOTT, L/8408, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 8th March 1915, age 28.

Born Plumstead, Kent, son of Jane Mott, of 11, Delvan Street, Woolwich, London.

Brother - Edward Mott; Sisters - Violet; Jennie; Mary E.

Enlisted Woolwich, Kent.

1911 Census - Military, India - Walter James Mott, Private, age 23, single, 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Soldier, born Plumstead, Kent.

1911 Census - 26 Lower Market Street, Woolwich, London - Jane Mott, head, age 56, widow, married 15 years, 7 children, 6 still alive, charwoman, worker, born Scarborough,. Yorkshire; Edward Mott, son, age 16, single, office boy, worker, born Plumstead, Kent; Jinnie Nott, daughter, age 14, school girl, born Plumstead, Kent; Jane Channon, mother, age 79, widow, married 38 years, 6 children, 5 still alive, Old Age Pensioner, born Blackwall, Poplar.

23rd August 1914, posted BEF.

Buried at Tuileries British Cemetery, Sp. Mem. E. 22., Belgium.

NOTE: Regimental History & Soldiers Died in the Great War show rank as Private: CWGC web site show it as Lance Corporal.

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