262903 Pte Walter Naulder British Army Rifle Brigade My grandfather Walter Naulder was with the British Expeditionary Force in the Rifle Brigade.
He was the father to 4 boys (Walter born 1905, Edward born 1907, Arthur born 1910 and Albert Ian born 1914).
He was severely wounded on 4th of October 1917, when he received shrapnel in his back whilst stretcher bearing and was paralysed from the waist down.
He was sent home to England and ended up in a hospital for the incurable in Slough. Berkshire.
Whilst in there his youngest son sadly died from whooping cough.
His Army records show a rather callous note regarding his pension querying that he had 4 dependent sons, it says query Albert Ian. He was discharged from the army on 24th of April 1919.
He died in 1920, he never left hospital.
He was buried in an unmarked grave.
Due to the efforts of my cousin, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission have recently erected a headstone.
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