THATCHER Walter Frederick

  • First Name(s):
    Walter 
    Frederick 
  • Surname:
    THATCHER
  • Service Number:
    7303
  • Rank:

    Lance Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    4th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    6th August 1915
  • Age At Death:
    32
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey, Panel 104 to 113.
  • Place of Birth:
    Landport, Portsmouth, enlisted and resident Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Walter and Annie Thatcher, 45 Bransford Rd. St. John’s, Worcester; husband of Florence Mary Jane Thatcher, 26 Sansome Place, Worcester

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

THATCHER Walter Frederick Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester Guildhall
Worcester St John in Bedwardine Church
Worcester St Matthew’s Church

Further Information About THATCHER Walter Frederick

Served as ALLEN.

Great Western Railway Roll of Honour:
W.F. Thatcher, Wagon Riveter, Loco and Carriage Department, Worcester, Age 32, Lance Corporal 4th Worcester Regiment, killed in action 6/8/1915.

Source: The Great Western Railway in the First World War by Sandra Gittins, 2010.

A photograph of Private W.F. Thatcher can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 6th April 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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