Name
Walter James Boultwood
1890
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
28/10/1917
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
33016
Leicestershire Regiment
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panel 50 to 51.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Bishop's Stortford Town Memorial, Holy Trinity Church Memorial, Bishop's Stortford
Pre War
Walter James Boultwood was born in 1890 in Bishop's Stortford to Thomas and Eliza Boultwood and baptised on 1 November 1895 at Holy Trinity, Bishop's Stortford.
On the 1911 Census he was living with his family at 50 Middle Row, Bishop's Stortford and working as a Domestic Groom.
Wartime Service
He initially enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment under Reg. No. 6452 later joined the Leicestershire Regiment, 7th Bn.
He was probably killed during the 2nd Battle of Passchendaele. His body was never recovered.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £7 and pay owing of £4 12s 8d.
His brother Herbert was also killed and is also named on the Bishop's Stortford War Memorial and the Holy Trinity Church memorial. He died on 3 December 1917 and is named on the Cambrai Memorial at Louveral in France.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
