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Private W T Scotchmur

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Private William Thomas SCOTCHMUR, 201313, (3960), 2nd/4th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Egypt, 4th November  1917, age 21.

Born Hoo, Kent, son of William Thomas and Annie Scotchmur, of 3, Vidgeon's Cottages, High Street, Hoo, Rochester, Kent.

1911 Census - opposite the Victory, Hoo Street, near Rochester, Kent - William Thomas Scotchmur, head, age 50, widower, Thatcher & Hay binfer, worker, born Hoo, Kent; Sarah Ann Patience Scotchmur, daughter, age 23, single, housekeeper, born Hoo, Kent; Rebecca Bart Gullen Scotchmur, daughter, age 19, single, at home, born Hoo, Kent; Mary Louisa Scotchmur, daughter, age 16, single, domestic servant, born Hoo, Kent; William Thomas Scotchmur, son, age 14, farm labourer, born Hoo, Kent; Martin John Scotchmur, son, age 11, school, born Hoo, Kent; Gladys Annie Scotchmur, daughter, age 9, school, born Hoo, Kent; Henry Spencer Scotchmur, son, age 5, school, born Hoo, Kent.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent.

Buried at Beersheba War Cemetery,  G. 28., Israel.

Commemorated Hoo War Memorial, Kent