The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W L Newling

Private William Leonard NEWLING, G/11704, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 23rd July 1917, age 27.

13th June 1889, born Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire, son of William Prime and Caroline Newling, of Grove Cottage, Haslingfield, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

1911 Census - High Street, Haslingfield, Cambridge - William Newling, head, age 43, married, horesekeeper on farm, worker, born Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire; Caroline Newling, wife, age 40, married 21 years, 9 children, 8 still alive, born Croydon, Cambridgeshire; William L Newling, son, age 20, single, farm labourer, worker, born Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire; Stephen S Newling, son, age 17, single, arm labourer, worker, born Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire; Daisy F Newling, daughter age 14, servant domestic, born Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire; Dora M Newling, daughter, age 11, school, born Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire; Gladys M Newling, daughter, age 10, school, born Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire; Arthur E Newling, son, age 7, born Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire; Ivy Newling, daughter, age 2, born Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire.

1911 Census - Quarry Farm, Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire - Thomas Okey, head, age 70, married, farmer, employer, born Haslingfield; Alice Okey, wife, age 69, married 50 years, born Haslingfield; Alice Collins, boarder, age 21, single, born London; *Violet Collins, boarder, age 3, born Haslingfield.

24th June 1911, Register Office, Parish of St Benedict, Cambridge, married Alice Dolly Okey Collins, Cantelupe Road, Haslingfield, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

Children - *Violet Collins Newling, born 1st April 1908, Quarry Farm, Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire; Ena/ Eva Maud Newling, born 1st November 1913, Cheery Hinton, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire.

Enlisted Greenwich, Kent, age 26 years & 42 days, height 5ft 1½ inches, weight 114lbs, scars from burns both forearms. Resided 20 Azof Street, East Greenwich / 3 New Street, Ashford, Kent. Formerly baker.

Home 4th January 1916 to 2nd July 1916; BEF 3rd July 1916 to 23rd July 1917.

4th January 1916, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th February 1916, posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd July 1916, posted BEF; 3rd July 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 5th July 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th July 1916, Camieres, 20 General Hospital, scabies, slight; 13th July 1916, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

11th February 1918, awarded pension of 22/11 a week to widow & two children.

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

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