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Surname: LORD
Forename(s): Walter
Place of Birth: Shawforth, Lancashire
Service No: 42744
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: South Staffordshire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion
Division: 25th Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1918-04-10
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 6.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Walter Lord was the son of George and Alice Lord, née Maden. George was born at Shawforth and Alice at Stacksteads, Lancashire.
1901 Whitworth, Lancashire Census: 20, Heys Buildings - Walter Lord, aged 2 years, born Shawforth, Lancashire, son of George and Alice Lord.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 15, Wellington Street - Walter Lord, aged 12 years, born Shawforth, Lancashire, son of George and Alice Lord.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Walter Lord. 42744, S. Staff. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Walter Lord. 42744, 4/S. Staff. R.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Walter Lord. 42744, 4th S. Staffs. Date and Place of Death: 10.4.18 on or since. Death presumed. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - George. £7 2s. 7d.
A short biography of Walter is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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Private Walter LORD
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: South Staffordshire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 25th Division
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31 May 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
WOUNDED AND MISSING
Private Walter Lord, South Staffs. Regiment, is reported missing since April 10th, after one week in France. He is 19 years of age and the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lord, 5 East View, Barnoldswick.
30 August 1918
WOUNDED AND MISSING
Private Alfred Lord, M.M., West Yorks. Regiment, is seriously ill in a London Hospital from the effects of gas poisoning, his eyes being badly affected. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Lord, 5 East View, Barnoldswick, who have another son [Private Walter Lord] missing.
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31 May 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Barnoldswick Wounded and Missing
Private Walter Lord, South Staffordshire Regiment, is reported missing since April 10th, after one week in France. He is 19 years of age and the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lord, 5, East View, Barnoldswick.
30 August 1918
Barnoldswick Soldier Gassed
Pte. Albert Lord, M.M., West Yorkshire Regiment, is seriously ill in a London hospital from the effects of gas poisoning, his eyes being badly effected. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Lord, 5, East View, Barnoldswick, who have another son missing.
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