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Private William John WASHINGTON, G/18328, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 7th October 1916, age 25.

Born Clapham Park, SW, son of Charles and Jane Washington.

1911 Census - 60A Kingswood Road, Clapham Park, SW - Charles Washington, head, age 56, married, gardener domestic, worker, born Kingsbury, Middlesex; Jane Hetty Washington, wife, age 54, married 24 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Chatham, Kent; Arthur Charles Washington, son, age 22, single, grocers assistant, worker, born Clapham Park, Surrey; William John Washington, son, age 20, single, law clerk, worker, born born Clapham Park, Surrey; John Henry Gillmore, brother in law, age 33, married 11years, ship stoker, Civil Service, worker, born Marylebone, London; Sidney Arthur Clarke, boarder, age 32, single, bakers vanman, worker, born Brixton, London.

6th March 1912, Register Office, Croydon, William John Washington, married Elsie Winifred Marchant,  spinster, 36.5, Liverpool Lawn, Liverpool Street,  Dover, Kent.

Children - William Sidney Washington, born 8th April 1912, born Wardwood; Reginald William Washington, born 12th June 1914, Croydon.

Home 9th December 1915 to 5th September 1916; BEF 6th September 1916 to 7th October 1916.

Enlisted London, EC, age 24 years & 10 months, height 5ft 8½ inches, weight 143lbs, teeth bad; vac. 4 left, 3 moles left side of back.  Resided 44 Mersham Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey; 28 Greyhound Terrace, Greyhound Lane, Streatham SW. Formerly clerk.

9th December 1915, enlisted; 10th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 10th April 1916, mobilized; 11th April 1916, posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th August 1916, Aldershot, overstaying his pass from midnight until reporting himself at 9.30am 19th August 1916, 3 days confined to Barracks, forfeits one days pay; 1st September 1916, transferred to 23rd Brigade, 99th Battalion, Training Reserve, Service No.TR/10/40765; 6th September 1916, posted BEF & 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th September 1916, embarked / disembarked; 18th September 1916, joined "B" Company, 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field.

21st May 1917, pension of 22/11 aa week awarded to widow & two children.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.