WILDE Walter

  • First Name(s):
    Walter 
  • Surname:
    WILDE
  • Service Number:
    14610040
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Hampshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    2nd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    20th October 1944
  • Age At Death:
    27
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Coriano Ridge Cemetery, Italy, Grave XV. F. 10.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Jane Wilde, of Kidderminster, Worcestershire; husband of Maisie Wilde, of Kidderminster

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

WILDE Walter Is Named On These Memorials

Kidderminster War Memorial
Stourbridge Old Swinford Hospital School

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Stourbridge Old Swinford Hospital School with the information: Hampshire Regiment. Died of wounds 20 October 1944. Age 27.

Further Information About WILDE Walter

Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

Walter Wilde was born on 20th April 1917, the son of Richard and Jane Wilde of Kidderminster, Worcestershire. He entered Lyttleton House, Old Swinford Hospital on 16th June 1925.

Walter Wilde joined the Metropolitan Police Force under the ten-year plan and was appointed to the County Borough of Dudley in 1937. He served in Coventry during the blitz period and was highly esteemed by his fellow policeman. He was a good cricketer and he played football for the police team.

On 18th August 1941 Walter volunteered for service in the Royal Air Force and went to Rhodesia for pilot training. He re-joined Dudley police on 27th August 1942 after resigning from the Air Force. On 20th May 1943 he was called up for army service and was posted to the Worcestershire Regiment prior to being transferred to the Hampshire Regiment. He served in North Africa and Italy.

Source for additional information: Old Foleyans Remembered Casualties of WW II published by the Old Foleyans Association, October 1996.

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