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Private W S Weston

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IN LOVING MEMORY OF

MY DARLING BOY WALTER

FROM HIS BROKEN HEARTED

MOTHER

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Private Walter Stanley WESTON, G/11043, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action,  Flanders France, 7th April 1917, age 25.

Born Southwark, SE, son of Walter &  Dora Weston, of 3 Valmar Road, Denmark Hill, S E. / 68, Crawford Street, Camberwell, London.

1911 Census -  3 Valmar Road, Camberwell, S E. - Dora Weston , head, age 40, widow, two children, one still alive, Manageress Printers, worker, born Camberwell, London; Walter Weston, son, age 19, single, fine etcher, worker, born Camberwell, London.

Enlisted Camberwell, SE, age 24 years & 120 days, height 5ft 7 inches, 119lbs.  Resided 3 Valmar Road, Denmark Hill, S E. Formerly etcher.

Home, 15th November 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF, 3rd May 1916 to 7th April 1917.

15th November 1915, enlisted & posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF; 2nd May 1916, embarked Southampton; 3rd May 1916, disembarked Havre; 7th October 1916, wounded; 13th October 1916, rejoined Battalion.

27th October 1917, Probate - Walter Stanley Weston, of 68, Crawford Street, Camberwell, Surrey, Private 11th West Kent Regiment, died 7th April 1917, in Belgium. Administration London 27th October to Dora Weston, Widow. Effects £213 19s 7d.

16th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none - Children, none; Father, none; Mother, Dora Weston, 68, Crawford Street, Camberwell; Brothers - none; Sisters - none; Grandparents - none; Nephews / Nieces - none; Uncles / Aunts - Minnie Hall, age 53, 68, Crawford Street, Camberwell; George Discon?, 53 Well Street, Camberwell.

Buried at Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, AA. 50., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.