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William Alfred Washbourn Ewart

21/09/1896 - 29/03/1917
CWGC Cemetery: Deir El Belah War Cemetery
Other Memorials: St Mary's Church, Shortlands, Shortlands War Memorial

Place of birth: Pimlico, Middlesex
Last known address in Bromley: 160 Bromley Road

Military information

Regiment/Service: Essex Regiment
Battalion/Ship: 1st/5th Bn
Rank: Private
Number: 250306

Family information

Parents: Benjamin Thomas & Maud Kendall Ewart (nee Washbourn)
Parents' occupation: Indigo marketing clerk
Siblings: none

Census information

1901
Address: 6 Cavendish Place, St Marylebone
1911
Address: Ongar Grammar School

Extra details

William was the only child of Benjamin and Maud Ewart. He was baptised at Holy Trinity, Westminster on 19th November 1896. He attended Ongar Grammar School as a boarder.

William enlisted in the Essex Regiment on 19th August 1914. He was wounded during the 1st Battle of Gaza and died on 29th March 1917.

His only connection to Bromley is his aunt Fanny Schonlank (nee Ewart) who lived at 160 Bromley Road.

Additional photographs

Source: St Mary
Source: St Mary's Shortlands Book of Remembrance

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