Name
Walter Joseph Ambrose
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/04/1917
25
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
18447
Bedfordshire Regiment
4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Bay 5
France
UK & Other Memorials
Holy Trinity Church Memorial, Weston
Pre War
Born on 31 August 1892 in Weston, Herts, son of John & Sarah Ambrose of Post Office Row, Weston, Herts. Baptised in Holy Trinity Church, Weston on 2 October 1892. 1911 Census: living with family at Green End, Weston and working as a horseman on a farm. Worked for Mr Farr before enlistment.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in Bedford in December 1914. In France by September 1915. Early in 1916 he was wounded in the foot and after convalescence in England, returned to France in November. Killed in action during the battle for Gavrelle.
Additional Information
War gratuity of £10. 10s awarded to father John.
Acknowledgments
Peter Handy, Brenda Palmer
