Name
Walter Meads
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
15/07/1916
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
12077
Bedfordshire Regiment
6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2C
France
UK & Other Memorials
St Laurence Church Memorial, Wormley
Pre War
Born in 1897 in Wormley, Herts, the son of George and Fanny Meads. 1911 Census: Listed as a schoolboy, living in High Road, Wormley with his family.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in Hertford, Herts. Served in France and Flanders, Killed in action during the attack on Pozieres.
Additional Information
Father George awarded a war gratuity of £8 10s.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
