Name
Wilfred John Kitchener
June 1897
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/07/1916
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
266701
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st/1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL
10.B.46.
France
Headstone Inscription
No inscription
UK & Other Memorials
All Saints Church Memorial, Radwell, Letchworth Town Memorial, Church of St Nicholas Memorial, Norton, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford,
Pre War
Wilfred was born in Norton, Hertfordshire in June 1897, the son of Ernest William and Winnifred L. Kitchener (nee Bishop). Baptised on the 4th July 1897, in Radwell, Hertfordshire.
1901 Census records William aged 3, living with his mother and brother Leslie 10 months at his grandparents hone in Radwell, Herts.
1911 Census records Wilfred aged 13, at school, living with his parents, brothers Leslie 10, Sidney 8, sisters Bessie 6 and Fannie 4, in Grange Cottages, Radwell, Herts.
On leaving school he worked for the Woodworkers of Letchworth, Herts.
Recorded as living in Letchworth when he enlisted in Hertford.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in the County Town of Hertford and posted to the Hertfordshire Regiment, initially with the service number 5137 then 266701.
Wilfred was killed in Action on the 23rd July 1916.
At the time of his death he was attached to the 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
Additional Information
His effects went to his father Ernest.
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne
Dan Hill, Ellen Barnes, Jonty Wild, Stuart Osborne
