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Sophia 46 Wittersham Ethel 7 Wittersham Thomas 6 Wittersham Frederick 2 Wittersham See James Ades (above) it looks as though the Hinkley and Ades families both lived and worked on Poplar Farm as farm labourers. 10
HOAD H.V Private T/1326 Herbert Victor HOAD. 5 th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died Monday 31 st January 1916. Born Wittersham, Kent. Enlisted Tenterden. Son of John and Maria Hoad of Kingsgate Lane, Wittersham, Ashford, Kent. Buried in the Basra War Cemetery, Basra, Iraq. Grave reference VI.F.6. The Ashford 1918 Absentee Voters List gives – Hartley Cottage, Wittersham Private 27201 Lewis HOAD. 5 th Royal West Kent Regiment. 27332 George HOAD. Royal Air Force. The 1901 census gives – Kings Gate Lane, Wittersham John HOAD 62 Labourer Wittersham Maria 56 Wittersham Albert 27 Wittersham Kate 16 Wittersham Edith 14 Wittersham Herbert 13 Wittersham On the 21 st January 1916 the 5 th battalion carried out an attack at the Umm-el-Hanna Lines in Iraq. This was located about 8 miles from Kut-al-Amara. The attack proved a failure and the battalion had to entrench itself and wait for reinforcements. A number of officers were killed together with over 50 men. The weather was terribly wet and by the evening that day the trenches were full of water. Herbert was probably wounded in this engagement and was evacuated to Basra base hospital where he sadly succumbed to his wounds. 11
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Page 3 and 4: ADES J Sergeant T/ 722 James ADES.
Page 5 and 6: BATEUP H.C Lance Corporal 49581 Hor
Page 7 and 8: CATT A.H Private G/8894 Amos Herber
Page 9: HINKLEY F Private 73539 Frederick.
Page 13 and 14: MAYNARD W Private TF/204219 William
Page 15 and 16: PHILPOTTS T Private 27473 Thomas Ja
Page 17 and 18: SLINGSBY H.T Private L/8631 Henry T
Page 19 and 20: TURNER A.W Shoeing Smith Corporal 4
Page 21 and 22: WOOLLETT T.A (brother) Private T/14
Page 23 and 24: LOST MEN AUSTEN P.A (brother) Corpo
Page 25: KENWARD J.A Driver T4/092693 James

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