Name
Walter Arthur Coldman
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
29/08/1918
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
493215
London Regiment *1
1st/13th (County of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
Panel 10.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour, Langleybury Village Memorial, St Paul's Church memorial, Langleybury
Pre War
Son of Frederick Woodland and Ruth (nee WEAVER) COLDMAN.
His parents married 21 May 1887 at St Mary’s, Islington, London. Ruth died 1948 in the Rochford, Essex, district aged 80; Frederick died 1953 in the Thurrock, Essex, district aged 92.
Walter was born 1894 in Mile End, London, and resided in Watford.
On the 1901 Census, aged 7 he lived in Lewisham, London, with his parents and one sibling. On the 1911 Census, a dairyman aged 17, he lived in New Malden, Surrey, with his parents and no siblings.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Bedford, and was formerly Private 6135 Middlesex Regiment and Private 6411 13th Battalion London Regiment.
He was entitled to the Victory and British War medals, and was killed in action.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, Walter’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing. Walter is possibly commemorated at Langleybury.
*1 Believed more correctly, (County of London) Bn. London Regiment (Kensington).
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
