Name
Walter James Roberson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/09/1914
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Guardsman
13792
Grenadier Guards
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL
France
UK & Other Memorials
Ware Town Memorial
St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware
Christchurch Memorial, Ware
Pre War
Born in 1891 in Ware, Hertfordshire son of Walter James and Ellen (Pickett) Roberson of 3 Bowling Road, Ware and later of 73 Star Street, Ware and was living in 1 Park Cottages, Ware in 1901.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Stratford, London, entered France on 13 Aug 1914 and was killed in action during the retreat to the Marne.
Additional Information
In SDITGW as Robertson. Brother of Corporal Henry Roberson who was wounded in 1915 in France, transferred to the Army Service Corps. but survived WW1.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
