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Private W Woodhams

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Private William WOODHAMS, G/4392, 6th Battalion, "D" Company, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 3rd May 1917.

Born Ide Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent, son of the late Thomas and Emma Woodhams.

22nd December 1906, Parish Church, Sundridge, married Ellen Mardell spinster, Hanging Bank, Ide Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent.

Children - Jesse Mardell, (boy), born 12th March 1906, Sevenoaks, Kent; Priscilla Rose Woodhams, born 26th December 1907, Sevenoaks, Kent; Eric George Thomas Woodhams, born 31st August 1910, Sevenoaks, Kent; 

1911 Census - Hanging Bank, Ide Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent - William Woodhams, head, age 28, married, 3 children, general labourer, quarry, worker, born Sundridge, Kent; Ellen Woodhams, wife, age 26, married 4 years, born Sundridge, Kent; Priscilla Rose Woodhams, daughter, age 3, born Sundridge, Kent; Eric George Thomas Woodhams, son, age 7 months, born Sundridge, Kent; Thomas Woodhams, father, age 70, widower, general labourer, quarry, worker, born Chidding Stone, Kent, totally deaf 58 years.

Entry crossed through - .Jesse Mardell, wife's son, age 5, born Sundridge, Kent.

Children - Nellie Woodhams, born 9th September 1912, Sevenoaks, Kent.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent, age 32/33 years & 7 days, height 5ft 5½ inches, teeth rather defective.  Resided Hanging Bank, Ide Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent. Formerly labourer.

Separation Allowance, 24/- a week, Allotment of Pay, 3/6 a week payable to wife.

Home 18th January 1915 to 31st May 1915; BEF 1st June 1915 to 3rd May 1917.

18th January 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd January 1915, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st June 1915, posted BEF; 30th December 1915, 37 Field Ambulance, not yet diagnosed, to hospital; 9th January 1916, myalgia to 36 Field Ambulance; 18th January 1916, discharged to duty; 28th October 1916 to 5th November 1916, granted leave to England; 25th March 1917, attached Depot Company; 2nd April 1917, rejoined Battalion; 3rd May 1917, posted missing.

7th January 1918, pension of 28/9 a week awarded to widow and four children.

Commemorated at  Arras Memorial, Bay 7, Pas de Calais, France, and at St Marys Church, Ide Hill, Kent.