SPALDING Walter

  • First Name(s):
    Walter 
  • Surname:
    SPALDING
  • Service Number:
    241603
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st/8th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    6th April 1917
  • Age At Death:
    32
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Bray Military Cemetery, France, Grave II. E. 36.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Joseph and Rose Spalding, of Folly Gardens, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove Worcestershire

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SPALDING Walter Is Named On These Memorials

Stoke Prior St Michael’s Church
Worcester Cathedral Cloister Windows Bell Ringer

Further Information About SPALDING Walter

Casualty identified as a bell ringer from the Worcestershire & Districts Change Ringing Association WW1 Roll of Honour.

W. Spalding of Bromsgrove, 241603, Worcestershire Regiment appears in a listing of those who have died of wounds: in the Bromsgrove Weekly Messenger, 12th May 1917.

The following report appears in the Bromsgrove Weekly Messenger, 28th April 1917:
Private Walter Spalding of Stoke Prior, Worcestershire Regiment.  Died of wounds 6th April, wounded the previous day.  Resided at Folly Gardens, Stoke Prior.  Son of Joseph Spalding, foreman painter at Stoke salt works.  The deceased, aged 32, was also a painter at the salt works.  He had been on active service since March 1916.
A photograph of Private Walter Spalding is included in the report.

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Credits: Bromsgrove Weekly Messenger researched and transcribed by Adrian Carter.