KING, William John

Doiran Memorial, GreeceCredit: CWGC

Private
10th Battalion
Devonshire Regiment

William was born 1890 in Newport to George Charles & Mary Ann (nee JONES) KING who were living in Little Sidcup, Chiddingstone in Kent around the time of William’s death. The family had previously lived in Trafalgar Road in Newport.

William, aged 27, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 24th of April 1917. His body was never found or identified & so William is commemorated by the Commission upon the Doiran Memorial to the Missing in Greece together with 2,327 of his missing First World War comrades.

William is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.