The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W Ladbury

Private William LADBURY, S/394, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, 18th June 1917, age 28.

Born Greenwich, Kent, son of George Frederick and Fanny Ladbury.

1911 Census - 115 South Street, Greenwich, SE - George Frederick Ladbury, head, age 47, widower, married 23 years, 5 children, 4 still alive, bootmaker & repairer, own business, employer, at home, born Stepney, London; William Ladbury, son, age 22, single, general labourer, tin box manufacturer, worker, born Islington, London; Alfred Edward Ladbury, son, age 17, single, bootmaker & repairer, worker, at home, born, Mile End, London; Albert Edward Ladbury, son, age 15, single, human hair frame maker, worker, born Bromley by Bow, E.

Crossed through entry - George Frederick Ladbury, son, age 23, printer, worker, born Stepney, London.

1912 September Quarter, Greenwich Registration District, William Ladbury, married Annie Melloy.

Children - William Frederick John Ladbury, born 4th October 1913, Deptford, SE; Sydney Charles Ladbury, born 9th June 1915, Deptford, SE.

Enlisted Deptford, Kent. Resided 3, Brookmill Road, Deptford, London.

World fly-weight championship boxer -

Bill Ladbury was an English professional boxer who competed from 1908 to 1917. He held the IBU world flyweight title from 1913 to 1914, as well as the British and European flyweight titles in 1913.

1921 June, Greenwich Registration District, Annie Ladbury, married Charles Fowler.

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

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