The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sergeant R S W Wilson

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Serjeant Robert Stanley Warrison WILSON, G/17477, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, 26th June 1917.

Born Woodford, Essex, son of Harold Waissen & Elizabeth Jane Wilson, 26 Coulinton Road, Goodmayes, Essex.

28th July 1900, Holy Trinity, Hermon Hill, South Woodford, Essex, baptism of Robert Stanley Wilson, son of Harold Waissen & Elizabeth Jane Wilson.

Enlisted Ilford, Essex, age 21 years & 10 months, height 5ft 6½  inches, weight 143lbs.  Resided 26 Coulinton Road, Goodmayes, Essex. / 15 Kings Arms Road,  Goodmayes, Essex. Formerly clerk accountant.

Separation Allowance of 9/- a week & Allotment of Pay of 36/ a week payable to mother.

Home, 10th December 1915 to 20th September 1916; BEF, 21st September 1916 to 26th June 1917.

10th December 1915, enlisted; 11th December 1915, transferred to 25th Training Reserve, TR/9/747; 24th January 1916, mobilized;  25th January 1916, posted 12th Essex Regiment, Service No.24730.; 29th February 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 24th March 1916, promoted Corporal; 1st September 1916, transferred to 25th Training Reserve; 1st September 1916 to 20th September 1916, Parkeston; 21st September 1916, transferred to 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd September 1916, embarked / disembarked; 4th October 1916, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th March 1917, promoted Sergeant.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.