The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sergeant W W Staff

Sergteant Walter William STAFF, 240832, (TF/2909), 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 21st March 1918, age 27.

Born Luton, Kent, son of George & Lizzie Staff, of 176, Upper Luton Road, Chatham, Kent.

29th October 1891, Luton, Kent, baptism of Walter William Staff, son of George & Lizzie Staff.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent, age 23 years & 11 months, height 5ft 8 inches, weight 120lbs. Resided South Ashford, Kent. Formerly grocers shop assistant.

Home 23rd November 1914 to 11th September 1917; BEF 12th September 1917 to 21st March 1918.

23rd November 1914, enlisted & posted 2/5th Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th June 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 10th August 1915, promoted substantive, Corporal; 16th September 1915, appointed paid Lance Sergeant; 29th April 1916, promoted Sergeant;

29th June 1917, West Ashford Registration District, Walter William Staff, married Louisa Fanny Kite.

12th September 1917, posted BEF; 12th September 1917, substantive rank on embarkation, Corporal; 12th September 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 12th September 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 12th September 1917, posted 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 16th September 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th September 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; 28th November 1917, 4 Casualty Clearing Station; 29th November 1917, 8 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, PUO; 12th December 1917, Infantry Base Depot "J"; 18th December 1917, Infantry Base Depot "J", to Battalion; 7th January 1918, rejoined Battalion, In the Field; promoted Sergeant, with effect from10th May 1917; 21st March 1918 to 28th March 1918, posted missing.

Children - Eric William Staff born 15th February 1918, Medway Registration District,

22nd December 1918, date when Separation Allowance of 2?/?? a week & Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week payable to widow will cease.

23rd December 1918, pension of 22/11 a week awarded to widow & one child.

1919 December, West Ashford Registration District, Louisa Fanny Staff married Thomas Finch. Resident in Canada.

Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Panel 58 and 59, France.

This page was last updated on 10-Apr-2022.