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The Roll lists his address as Fletton Avenue. It states he died on 1/4/1918, which differs from official records.
(CWGC records that "Serjeant Vivian Standley Wells", regimental number 245425, died aged 27 on 31/3/1918 serving in 20th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry, and is commemorated on Bay 8 of Arras Memorial in France. They record him as the son of William Wells of Lynn Road, Dersingham, Norfolk, and the husband of Olive Wells of 'Eastville', Swanton Road, Dereham, Norfolk.
Soldiers Died in the Great War record him as a native of Dersingham who enlisted at East Dereham, and that he had formerly served in the Norfolk Regiment. The Medal Rolls record that he was Acting Sergeant/Warrant Officer Class 2, and had formerly served in the Norfolk Regiment under regimental number 3108. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he died on 31/3/1918, and that his widow Olive E Wells was his legatee.
His birth was registered as "Vivian Stanley Wells" in Docking District of Norfolk in 1891. On the 1901 census he was living with his parents William and Elizabeth at Town Road, Dersingham. On the 1911 census he was living with his widowed mother Elizabeth at 5 West Terrace, Lynn Road, Dersingham, Norfolk. His marriage to Olive E Mitchell was registered in Bury St Edmunds District in 1916).