The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W J Woodley

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Private William James WOODLEY, G/2848, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 26th September 1915, age 20.

12th May 1895, born Limehouse, Middlesex, son of William and Louisa Woodley, of 243, West Ferry Road, Millwall, London.

2nd June 1895, St Anne, Limehouse, Tower Hamlets, baptism of William James Woodley, son of William, (platelayer),  and Louisa Isabella Woodley, 28 Dalgleash Street. 

1911 Census - 243, West Ferry Road, Millwall, London. E - William Woodley, head, age 40, married, iron tank plater, tank maker, worker, born Poplar, Middlesex; Louisa Woodley, wife, age 40, married 16 years, 6 children, all still alive, born Stepney, Middlesex; William James Woodley, son, age 15, single, packer in flour mills, millers, worker, born Limehouse, Middlesex; Florence Louisa Woodley, daughter, age 13, school, born Limehouse, Middlesex; Albert Arthur Woodley, son, age 11, school, born Limehouse, Middlesex; Frederick Woodley, son, age 8, school, born Limehouse, Middlesex; Ivy Ellen Woodley, daughter, age 6, school, born Poplar, Millwall; Constance Emily Woodley, daughter, age 3, born Poplar, Millwall. 

Enlisted Poplar, Middlesex.  Resided Millwall, Middlesex.

30th August 1915, posted BEF.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, Pas de Calais, France.