Second Lieutenant W.V. Kingston

Regiment: Royal Munster Fusiliers
Attached: Royal Irish Rifles
Date published: 05/10/1917
Killed in action: No
Information: Second Lieutenant W.V. Kingston M.C., Royal Munster Fusiliers, is reported wounded and missing since August 16th last. He is the third son of the late Mr. Richard Kingston and Mrs. Kingston, Madame, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, and was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in action at Ypres on July 31st. He was gazetted to the Royal Munster Fusiliers from the Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps, and went to France in February, 1917, when he was attached to the Royal Irish Rifles.