G/24255 L/Cpl William Abrey, 10th Bn, Royal West Kent

G/24255 Lance-Corporal William Abrey of the 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds on the 19th January 1917. According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, he was the eldest son of the late Mr and Mrs William Abrey of High Street, Ingatestone, Essex; and the husband of Agnes M Abrey of 80, Russell Street, Peterborough, Northants. He was 23 years old when he died.

William appears on the 1901 census as a five year old living with his parents and two sisters (one older, one younger) in Ingatestone High Street. His father's trade is noted as "Horseman in Brickfield".

William probably joined the Royal West Kent Regiment in the autumn of 1916 and therefore had probably not been overseas very long before he was fatally wounded. He is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery in Belgium.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC, 1901 census)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in The Great War