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Private W Williams

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Private William WILLIAMS, G/6075, 6th Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 9th October 1915, age 20.

Born Walthamstow, Essex, son of Edward Williams & Annie Wiliams, 3 Yelton Villas, Carnarvon Road, Woodford, Essex.

Sister - Miss A Williams, 7 Quarry Terrace, Strood, Kent.

Brother - George Edward Corbett, 16 Cranbrook Road, Walthamstow, Essex.

Mrs Annie Corbett, 2 Mansfield Road, Palmerston Road, Walthamstow, Essex.

Enlisted Stratford, Essex, age 19, height 5ft 9 inches, weight 152lbs.  Resided 3 Yelton Villas, Carnarvon Road, Woodford, Essex. Formerly sawyer.

Home, 31st March 1915 to 2nd August 1915; BEF, 3rd August 1915 to 9th October 1915.

31st March 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th April 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th April 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 27th May 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 3rd August 1915, posted BEF; 2nd September 1915, joined Battalion, In the Field.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, Pas de Calais, France.