Name
Walter Henry Wagner
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
29/08/1916
30
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Air Mechanic 2nd Class
8215
Royal Flying Corps
8th Squadron
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
FONCQUEVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Plot III, Row E, Grave 8.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Sun Engraving Company Memorial, Watford
Pre War
Son of John Henry and Florence (nee WESTHORP) WAGNER; husband of Rose Eva (nee DAINTREE) WAGNER.
His parents married 1885 in the Poplar, London, district. John possibly died 1928 in the West Derby, Lancs, district aged 69; Florence died 1941 in the Edmonton, Middx, district aged 82.
Walter was born 1886 in Wood Green, Middx, and married 27 November 1915 in East Ham, Essex. Rose remarried 1919 in the Kensington, London, district to Ferdinand S MACKRELL.
On the 1891 Census, he is proving elusive. On the 1901 Census, a railway clerk aged 15, he lived in East Ham, with his mother and one sibling. On the 1911 Census, a commercial photographer aged 25, he lived in Forest Gate, with his mother and one sibling.
Wartime Service
He attested 2 September 1915 for Short Service (Duration of the War) in the Royal Flying Corps: a photographer aged 25, 5’7″ tall, Congregational, of Forest Gate, Essex.
He was entitled to the Victory and British War medals, and was killed in action.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
