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John Patrick Waters (1899-1917)

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John Patrick Waters

Individual Events and Attributes

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1917, 1917 death John Patrick Waters

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1899

  • Kensington, London, England1,2,3

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 2)

  • Lawrence End, Kimpton, Hertfordshire, England2

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  • grandson living with his uncles Eric and Douglas Oakley, aunt Elsie Oakley and six servants. Born in London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 12)

  • Stoke House, Stoke Green, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England3

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  • pupil attending school and living in twenty-one rooms with thirty-nine others. Born in South Kensington London

  • Military Beginning:

  • 11 Apr 1917 (age 18)4

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  • joined as an Engineering Trade Lad in the Royal Flying Corps but selected for a temporary commision

  • Death:

  • 18 Nov 1917 (age 18)

  • France5

  • Burial:

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  • Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Dernancourt, Somme, France5

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  • a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps 56th Squadron died 18th November 1917 aged 18, only child of Brigadier General W H H Waters, C.M.G., C.V.O, and Mrs E M Waters of Barton Stacey Sutton Scotney Hampshire

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Chelsea 1899 quarter:2 volume:1a page:381. Cit. Date: 22 December 2020.

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England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1300 folio:67 page:21. Cit. Date: 22 December 2020.

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England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:7857 class:RG78 piece:392 registration district:144 sub-district:2 enumeration district:8schedule:284. Cit. Date: 22 December 2020.

4.

FindMyPast British Royal Air Force, Airmen's service records 1912-1939, (on-line at www.findmypast. co.uk). National Archive ref:AIR 79/685 no:75172. Cit. Date: 23 December 2020.

5.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension ref:VI.F.21. Cit. Date: 23 December 2020.