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1874

sibling Isabella Sarah Wills Source:4798271 28th September 1874

1876

sibling Florence Matilda Wills Source:4798271 8th July 1876

1881

sibling Ernest William Wills Source:4798271 27th December 1881

1886

birth Dalston, Hackney, London United Kingdom Source:4798271 21st January 1886

1913

marriage Edith Jane Walton Source:4798271 4th September 1913 - 27th March 1920

1914

children Grace Isabella Wills Source:4798271 29th July 1914

1915

enlistment Stratford, East London United Kingdom Source:4798271 15th November 1915

1916

service British Army Private (Sapper) Gunner 83443 Royal Garrison Artillery 63rd Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillary Source:4798271 11th May 1916 - 28th March 1917

1916

theatres Western Europe :1 Source:4798271 11th May 1916 - 1918

1917

service British Army Private (Sapper), Gunner 252597 Royal Garrison Artillery 63rd Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery Source:4798271 28th March 1917 - 1919

1919

discharge Source:4798271 19th February 1919

1922

marriage Grace Sarah Walton Source:4798271 22nd July 1922 - 30th May 1972

1923

children Edith Grace Ann Wills Source:4798271 8th August 1923

1926

children Arthur John Wills Source:4798271 13th August 1926

1929

location 76 Woodcock Hill, Kenton, Middlesex United Kingdom their own address Source:4798271 1929

location 206 Selwyn Avenue, Highams Park, Chingford United Kingdom their own address Source:4798271

location 35, Kimble Crescent, Bushey, Hertfordshire United Kingdom their own address Source:4798271

1976

death Not War Related Bushey, Hertfordshire United Kingdom Source:4798271 13th June 1976

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Names

Type	Name
First Names	Arthur Percy
Initials	AP
Last Name	Wills
Source	4798271

Gender

Gender	Source
Male

Locations

Address	Country	Type	Date
206 Selwyn Avenue, Highams Park, Chingford	United Kingdom	their own address
35, Kimble Crescent, Bushey, Hertfordshire	United Kingdom	their own address
76 Woodcock Hill, Kenton, Middlesex	United Kingdom	their own address	1929

Contribution

Military Service

Service	Number	Unit	Section	Rank	Source
British Army	83443	Royal Garrison Artillery	63rd Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillary	Private (Sapper) Gunner
British Army	252597	Royal Garrison Artillery	63rd Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery	Private (Sapper), Gunner

Awards

Award	Type	Source
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Family

Children

Name	Relationship	Dates
Grace Isabella Wills	daughter	29th July 1914
Edith Grace Ann Wills	daughter	8th August 1923
Arthur John Wills	son	13th August 1926

Parents

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Isabella Margaret Wills nee Jenks	mother
John Wills	father

Siblings

Name	Relationship	Dates
Isabella Sarah Wills	sister	28th September 1874
Florence Matilda Wills	sister	8th July 1876
Ernest William Wills	brother	27th December 1881

Spouse

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Edith Jane Walton	wife	4th September 1913
Grace Sarah Walton	wife	22nd July 1922

Physical

Complexion	Eyes	Hair	Source

Date	Height	Source
1916-05-11	5'10"

Religion

Date	Religion	Source
	Anglican - Church of Eng, Irl, Wales or other

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