Abingdon and the First World War
Those Who Served
Walters
Edwin John Walters
Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: WALTERS, Edwin John
Status: Died
Address: 68 Spring Road
Rank: Blacksmith's Mate
Service No: M/5380
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: HMS Black Prince
Regiment: Royal Navy
Chronology: from August 1914, Battle of Jutland
Cause of Death: Lost
Place at death: Battle of Jutland
Date of death: 31 May 1916
Buried or Commemorated: Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Reference: Panel 20.
Historical Notes: HMS Black Prince was a Duke of Edinburgh Class Armoured Cruiser built by Thames Iron Works, laid down February 1903, completed March 1906. Length 480 feet pp 505 feet 6 inches overall, beam 73 feet 6 inches, draught 26 feet, displacement 13,550 tons load. She was aprt of the 1st Cruiser Squadron Mediterranean Fleet. In August 1914 she was involved in hunt for SMS Goeben and Breslau, in August 1914 she captured a German merchant ship in the Red Sea, in November 1914 she was in Gibraltar and from December 1914 onwards was part of the 1st Cruiser Squadron Grand Fleet. On 1 June 1916 she was sunk at the Battle of Jutland.
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William George Walters
Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: WALTERS, William George
Status: Wounded
Address: 68 Spring Road
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Chronology: August 1914 to 1919, France, Belgium
Awards: Meritorious Service Medal (M.S.M.)
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The photograph opposite is taken from the "Overseas Men" photograph taken in Roysse Court in 1919, on 4th August when the town held its Homecoming Parade for the men returned from the war. The identification of this individual was made by a descendant.
Original scans from the WW1 Families Collection
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