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Private G J Walter

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Private Gordon James WALTER G/4923, 2nd  Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, (gun shot wound, head), Basra, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, 22nd April 1916.

Born  East Farleigh, Kent, son of Thomas Robert &  Alice Sarah Walter, Madam Taylors Farm, Otham, Kent.

25th November 1892, East Farleigh, Kent, baptism of Gordon James Walter.

1911 Census - Oast House Cottage, Otham Lodge, near Maidstone, Kent - Thomas Robert Walter, head, age 44, married, wagoner on farm, worker, born Wonersh, Surrey; Alice Sarah Walter, wife, age 45, married 24 years, 14 children, 13 still alive, born Detling, Kent; Kate Walter, daughter, age 20, single, born West Farleigh, Kent; Gordon James Walter, son, age 18, single, wagoners mate on farm, worker, born East Farleigh, Kent; Albert Walter, son, age 16, single, house boy domestic, worker, born East Farleigh, Kent; Ernest Walter, son, age 14, boy labourer on farm, worker, born East Farleigh, Kent; Alice Leveina Walter, daughter, age 13, school, born East Farleigh, Kent; Edward Walter, son, age 11, school, born East Farleigh, Kent; Horace Walter, son, age 9, school, born East Farleigh, Kent; Annie Walter, daughter, age 8, school, born East Farleigh, Kent; Victor Walter, son, age 6, school, born East Farleigh, Kent; George Alfred Walter, age 5, school, born East Farleigh, Kent; Arthur Frederick Walter, son, age 9 months, born Otham, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 22, height 5ft 5 inches.  Resided Madam Taylors Farm, Otham, Kent. Formerly labourer.

Home 7th December 1914 to 21st April 1915; BEF 22nd April 1915 to 26th August 1915; Home 27th August 1915 to 9th December 1915;  Indian Expeditionary Force "D" 10th December 1915 to 22nd April 1916.

7th December 1914, enlisted; 8th December 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd April 1915, posted BEF, & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th July 1915, wounded; 5th July 1915, 3 Casualty Clearing Station, gun shot wound to face; 7th July 1915, to England; 27th August 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th December 1915, posted Indian Expeditionary Force & 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th December 1915, Keyham, embarked; 8th January 1916, Ashar, disembarked.

Sole Legatee, Miss Elizabeth Randall.

28th July 1919, Statement of Relatives of Gordon James Walter - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Thomas Robert Walter, Madam Taylors Farm, Otham, near Maidstone, Kent; Mother, Alice Sarah Walter, Madam Taylors Farm, Otham, near Maidstone, Kent; Brothers - Henry John Walter, age 34?, Prospect Place, East Farleigh, near Maidstone, Kent; Albert Walter, age 24, HMS Canterbury, c/o 2 PO London; Ernest Walter, age 24, Madam Taylors Farm, Otham, near Maidstone, Kent; Edward Walter, age 19, Madam Taylors Farm, Otham, near Maidstone, Kent; Horace Walter, age 18, Madam Taylors Farm, Otham, near Maidstone, Kent; Victor Walter, age 15, Madam Taylors Farm, Otham, near Maidstone, Kent; George Alfred Walter, age 13, Madam Taylors Farm, Otham, near Maidstone, Kent; Arthur Frederick Walter, age 9, Madam Taylors Farm, Otham, near Maidstone, Kent; Sisters - Katie Cooper, age 28, 3 West ??????, Roseacre, Bearsted, near Maidstone, Kent; Annie Walter, age 16, Green Hill,  Otham, near Maidstone, Kent.

3rd September 1920, Statement of Relatives of Miss Elizabeth Randall - Father, Charles Randall, Stone Acre, Otham, near Maidstone, Kent; Mother, Ada Randall, Stone Acre, Otham, near Maidstone, Kent; Brothers - none; Sisters - Ada Francis Green?, age 30, High Street, Eastry, Kent; Fanny Jane Morris, age 33, Brishing? Hill, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent.

Commemorated  at Basra Memorial,  Panel 29, Iraq. / Otham War Memorial.