King, Wallace Frederick
King, Wallace Frederick
Military History:
Regiment:
Bedfordshire Regiment
Rank:
Private
Service Number:
27811
Date of Enlisting:
4.1916
Date of death:
23.4.1917
Cemetery/ Memorial:
The Arras Memorial at Foubourg-d’Amiens Cemetery, Amiens, France
UK Cemetery/Memorial:
Odsey War Memorial, Sandon War Memorial
Wallace enlisted in March 1916 with the Bedfordshire Regiment. He was a private, Regimental number 27811, and fought in the Western European Theatre of War, France and Flanders. He was killed in action on 23rd March 1917.
Wallace was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.
He is commemorated on the the Arras Memorial at Foubourg-d’Amiens Cemetery, Amiens, France, the Odsey War Memorial, Cambridgeshire, and the Sandon War Memorial.
Family History:
Date of Birth:
1892
Birth Place:
Slip End, Sandon, Hertfordshire
Residence:
Ashwell, Hertfordshire
Marriage:
Single
Wallace, born at Slip End, Hertfordshire, was the second son of John Edward and Sophia (nee Gray) King of Slip End. Before enlisting he was a farm labourer on Col. Philip’s farm at Slip End.
Two weeks after Wallace was killed his brother Albert George died of wounds in France serving with the Borders Regiment.
Commentary:
| Name: | Wallace Frederick King |
| Birth Place: | Slip End, Sandon, Hertfordshire |
| Residence: | Ashwell, Hertfordshire |
| Death Date: | 23 March 1917 |
| Enlistment Place: | Bedford, Bedfordshire |
| Rank: | Private |
| Regiment: | Bedfordshire Regiment |
| Battalion: | 1st Battalion |
| Regimental Number: | 27811 |
| Type of Casualty: | Killed in Action |
| Theatre of War: | Western Europe, France and Flanders |
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Wallace and Albert were both born in Sandon and are on the Sandon War memorial, they went to school at Odsey and are on that memorial too.
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