Stalbridge Remembers
WALTER LAMBERT
Private 44037
4th Reserve Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment
Died in Londonderry Wednesday 16th October 1918
Aged 18
His grave is No. GD. Mil. in
LONDONDERRY CITY CEMETERY, COUNTY LONDONDERRY.
Son of Henry and Charlotte Louisa Lambert of Stalbridge Weston
Personal details:
Walter was born in Stalbridge on 17th July 1900 and baptised here on 7th October that year. His father worked for the Rural District Council and his mother was a glovemaker. He had an older sister Kate, an older brother Edwin, and a younger brother Claud. Edwin died on the Somme in August 1916. When Walter enlisted at Dorchester in the 4th Battalion is not known, but it must have been close to the time of his brother’s death.
Walter was born in Stalbridge on 17th July 1900 and baptised here on 7th October that year. His father worked for the Rural District Council and his mother was a glovemaker. He had an older sister Kate, an older brother Edwin, and a younger brother Claud. Edwin died on the Somme in August 1916. When Walter enlisted at Dorchester in the 4th Battalion is not known, but it must have been close to the time of his brother’s death.
Military details:
Very little is known. The 4th Battalion split into the l/4th and 2/4th towards the end of 1914 when they were deployed abroad. After that the 4th remained in existence as a training battalion, sometimes known as the "Third Fourth". No records of Walter's service have been seen. However, by the Spring of 1918 the Battalion was stationed at Londonderry, and that winter suffered much from the ravages of septic pneumonia resulting from the Spanish Flu pandemic that spread over the British Isles. Walter was one of nine members of the Battalion who died at Londonderry within a week that October, and is buried with most of them in the Londonderry City Cemetery.
Very little is known. The 4th Battalion split into the l/4th and 2/4th towards the end of 1914 when they were deployed abroad. After that the 4th remained in existence as a training battalion, sometimes known as the "Third Fourth". No records of Walter's service have been seen. However, by the Spring of 1918 the Battalion was stationed at Londonderry, and that winter suffered much from the ravages of septic pneumonia resulting from the Spanish Flu pandemic that spread over the British Isles. Walter was one of nine members of the Battalion who died at Londonderry within a week that October, and is buried with most of them in the Londonderry City Cemetery.
Walter Lambert's grave
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Londonderry City Cemetery
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