The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sergeant C W Walters

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Serjeant Charles William WALTERS, G/536, 6th  Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 14th October 1917.

Born Burgess Hill, Sussex, son of William & Alice Walters, 22 Glendarvon Street, Putney, London, SW.

26th April 1896, Wivelsfield, Sussex, baptism of Charles William Walters, son of William, (coachman), & Alice Walters

1911 Census - 10 Lifford Street, Lifford Road, Putney, SW - William Walters, head, age 46, married, chauffeur, domestic, born Great Lindford, Buckinghamshire; Alice Walters, wife, age 43, married 22 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Brighton, Sussex; Winifred Walters, daughter, age 20, single, dressmaker, worker, born Wivelsfield, Sussex; Charles Walters, son, age 16, single, groom, domestic, born Wivelsfield, Sussex; Fredrick Walters, son, age 13, school, born Wandsworth, London; Zillah Walters, daughter,  age 9, school, born Wandsworth, London; Alice Walters, daughter, age 3, born Wandsworth, London.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent, age 22 years & 233 days, height 5ft 7 inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair.  Resided  22 Glendarvon Street, Putney, London, SW. Formerly groom.

Home 31st August 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF 1st June 1915 to 11th March 1916; Home 12th March 1916 to 13th June 1917; BEF 14th June 1917 to 14th October 1917.

31st August 1914, enlisted; 2nd September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd September 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th July 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 15th October 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 12th March 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th March 1916 to 17th April 1916,, 2nd S.G. Southmead, Bristol, gun shot wound, right arm; 26th April 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th June 1916, Fort Darland, overstaying his pass from Tattoo until 8.00an 19th June, admonished, forfeits 1 days pay;  10th November 1916, appointed Acting Corporal; 17th December 1916, promoted Corporal; 5th January 1917, appointed paid Lance Sergeant; 12th June 1917, promoted Sergeant; 14th June 1917, posted BEF: 14th June 1917, embarked;  18th July 1917, joined 6th Battalion, "C" Company in the Field.

Commemorated  Arras Memorial, Bay 7., Pas de Calais, France & at St Botolph Church, Chevening, Kent.