The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W Kelsey

Private William KELSEY, S/9171, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 22nd February 1915.

1889, born Turnditch, Belper, Derbyshire, son of Mrs Hannah Jane Kelsey.

1900 September, Belper Registration District, Hannah Jane Kelsey, married William Wile.

1911 Census - 20 Worthington Avenue, Broughton, Salford, Manchester - John Kelsey, head, age 43, married 22 years, 4 children, all still alive, dairyman, own account, born Turnditch, Derbyshire; Emily Kelsey, daughter, age 21, single, milliner, worker, born Prestwich, Manchester; Thomas Kelsey, son, age 20, single, dairyman, worker, born Higher Broughton Manchester; Ruth Kelsey, daughter, age 16, single, shop assistant, draper, worker, born Higher Broughton Manchester; May Kelsey, daughter, age 11, born Higher Broughton Manchester; William Kelsey, nephew, age 21, single, dairyman, worker, born Turnditch, Derbyshire.

1911 Census - Turnditch, Derbyshire - William Wile, head, age 48, married, labourer, farmer, worker, born Derby; Hannah Jane, Wile, wife, age 48, married 10 years, 5 children, 4 still alive, born Turnditch; Hannah Jane, Wile, daughter, age 9, born Turnditch; William Wile, son, age 7, born Turnditch; Joseph Wile, son, age 7, born Turnditch; Elizabeth Wile, daughter, age 5, born Turnditch.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent.

7th December 1914, posted BEF.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Belgium.

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