The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W J Terry

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Private William James TERRY, G/5768, 6th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 3rd July 1916.

Born Walworth, London, SE. son of Alfred Terry.

8th November 1903, St Luke, Peckham, Southwark, William James Terry, age 26, bachelor, warehouseman, 46 Blacks? Road, father Alfred Terry, warehouseman, married *Susan Elizabeth Phillips, age 20, spinster, 46 Blacks? Road, father Allen? Horatio Phillips, gas fitter. *born 11th September 1884.

Children - Susan Kate Terry, born 12th April 1905; William Thomas Terry, born 3rd September 1907.

1911 Census - 11 Flint Street, Walworth, London SE - William James Terry, head, age 33, married, warehouseman, pickle factory, worker, born Walworth, London; Susanah Terry, wife, age 26, married 7 years, 2 children, both still alive,  born Walworth, London; Susan Kate Terry, daughter, age 5,  born Walworth, London; William Thomas Terry, son, age 3,  born Walworth, London.

Children - Beatrice May Terry, born 18th May 1911; Margaret Olive Terry, born 12th August 1913

Enlisted Southwark, SE.

29th June 1915, posted BEF.

Buried at Blighty Valley Cemetery, V. G. 10., Authuile Wood, Somme, France.