The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sergeant W C Worsfold

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Serjeant William Charles WORSFOLD, S/882, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, 4th January 1916.

Born Sydenham, SE.

27th January 1907, St Saviours, Brockley Hill. married Rebecca Goodwin, spinster, 17 Hudson Road, Forest Hill, SE. / 28 Davids Road, Forest Hill, SE / 69 Bovill Road, Forest Hill, SE.

Children - William Charles Worsfold, born 8th May 1908, Forest Hill; Harold Ernest Worsfold, born 27th January 1911, Plumstead;

1911 Census - 17 Hudson Road, Plumstead, Kent - William Charles Worsfold, head, age 27, married, paper hanger, builder & decorator, worker, born Sydenham, Kent; Rebecca Worsfold, wife, age 24, married 4 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Catford, Kent; Harold Ernest Worsfold, son, age 2 months, born Plumstead, Kent.

8th August 1912, discharged, end of Term of Engagement, having served with 3rd Battalion, Special Reserve, Royal West Kent Regiment. National Reservist.

Children - Emily Lilian Worsfold, born 24th August 1913, Plumstead; Frances Irene Worsfold, born 21st August 1915, born Sydenham.

Enlisted  London, age 31, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 114lbs, brown eyes, brown hair, basket of flowers on right forearm.  Resided 17 Hudson Road, Forest Hill, SE. Formerly decorator.

Home, 17th September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF, 26th July 1915 to 4th January 1916.

17th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th September 1914, promoted Acting Sergeant; 8th April 1915, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Acting Sergeant; 26th July 1915, posted BEF; 26th July 1915, embarked; 21st December 1915, In the Field, wounded gas, at duty.

17th July 1916, pension of 23/- a week awarded to widow and four children.

Buried at Becourt Military Cemetery, I. D. 10., Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France.