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Cpm Sgt. Major Walter Charles Gorin
Army 23 Battalion ( Bantam) Manchester Regiment
from:Redditch
(d.20th. July 1916)
Mr. Walter Gorin served with the Grenedier Guards but was then seconded to train the Manchesters before going to the Somme.Sadly we believe he was killed by a sniper leaving a wife and four children his body was not recovered from the trenches.
He served from 1899 to 1902 with the Guards,he served with the 3rd Batt. Grenedier Guards through the South Africian Wars.In 1902 he was discharded to the Army reserve. Was rewarded medals possibly Queens and Kings South African medals.
In 1914 he was recalled to the colours serving as a Sgt. Instructor with the Guards at Chelsea Barracks and also served at various other places till Christmas 1914. Records for Walter did not survive the WW2 Blitz.A letter to his wife in July 1916 remarked how of Fifteen sergents transferred for training to various places only two remained. The Battalion disembarked at Bolougne on the 30th January 1916 my Grandad was killed on the 20th July that year.His name is on the Memorial at Thiepval Pier and face 13 A and 14 C he was aged 37.