KINGS John

  • First Name(s):
    John 
  • Surname:
    KINGS
  • Service Number:
    2494
  • Rank:

    Lance Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    8th Battalion
  • Unit:
    1st/8th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    31st May 1915
  • Age At Death:
    41
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery, Belgium, Grave IV. B. 2.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Husband of Elizabeth Kings, of Norton Cottages, Walton Rd., Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

KINGS John Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove All Saints Church WW1 Memorial
Bromsgrove Independent Order of Oddfellows
Bromsgrove St John the Baptist Church WW1 Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Bromsgrove Independent Order of Oddfellows under British Queen Lodge.

Further Information About KINGS John

J. Kings, Lance Corporal, Worcestershire Regiment was employed by the Midland Railway as a Storekeeper in the Carriage and Wagon Department at Bromsgrove Station.  These details are recorded in the company’s memorial book.

Source: In Remembrance of the Brave Men of the Midland Railway who Gave their Lives in the Great War 1914-1919.  Published by the company to coincide with the unveiling of the Midland Railway War Memorial at Derby on Thursday 15th December 1921 at 11.45am.

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