The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W Wappett

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Private William WAPPETT, G/31925, 6th  Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly Durham Light Infantry, Service No.200693 / 4362), killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 21st September 1918, age 31.

Born Shildon, Durham, son of John and Elizabeth Wappett, of 1, Garbutts Buildings, Main Street, Shildon, Co. Durham.

1911 Census - 2 Coppy Crooks,  near Shildon, Co. Durham - John Wappitt, head, age 50, married, coal miner, stoneman, born West Auckland, Durham; Elizabeth Wappitt, wife, age 44, married 28 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Fylands Bridge, Durham; Elizabeth Wappitt, daughter, age 12, scholar, born Old Shildon, Durham; George Wappitt, son, age 10, scholar, born Old Shildon, Durham; John W Wappitt, son, age 23, single, no occupation, born Old Shildon, Durham.

Enlisted Bishop Auckland, Durham.

Commemorated  Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Panel 7, Pas de Calais, France.