The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Company Sergeant Major A Wheeler

Inscription - "TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN"

Photograph by "Claude Laignel"

Company Serjeant Major Alfred WHEELER, G/9300, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 10th June 1917, age 38.

Born Bracknell, Berkshire, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wheeler, Uxbridge, Middlesex.

5th December 1901, St George, Hanover Square, Westminster, London, Alfred Wheeler, age 22, bachelor, Insurance Agent, 20 Bourdon Street, father Jacob Wheeler, Superintendent, Assurance Company, married Alice Jeffery, age 23, spinster, 20 Bourdon Street, father William Jeffery, coachman.

Children - Alfred Wheeler, born 1st January 1903; Stanley Wheeler, born 31st March 1907; William Wheeler, born 6th January 1910.

1911 Census - 39 King Edward Road, Maidstone, Kent - Alfred Wheeler, head, age 32, married, Superintendent, Assurance Company, worker, born Bracknell, Berkshire; Alice Wheeler, wife, age 33, married 10 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Stanford Hill, London, N; Alfred Wheeler, son, age 8, school, born Hanwell, Middlesex; Stanley Wheeler, son, age 4, born Southall, Middlesex; William Wheeler, son, age 1, born Maidstone.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent,. Resided 41, Lower Stone Street, Maidstone, Kent.

Buried at Mont Huon Military Cemetery, III. G. 9A., Le Treport, Seine-Maritime, France.

AWARDS: MM

London Gazette 9th December 1916.

His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to award the Military Medal for bravery in the Field to the under mentioned Non-Commissioned Officers and Men:

G/9300 Sjt. A. Wheeler, Royal West Kent Regiment.

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