British Army Veterinary Corps
Walter John FLORENCE
Shoeing Smith
Died 24 February 1915 · Aged 34
His story
Walter John Florence worked as a blacksmith in Westcliff on Sea, Essex. His wife, Mary Elizabeth, was his next of kin.
Walter’s Army Veterinary Corps rank was shoeing smith. He served with the 9th Section, and his medal record dates his first qualifying service in France to 28 October 1914.
He died on 24 February 1915 at the age of 34 and is buried at Le Treport Military.
Before the war
- Occupation
- Blacksmith
- Residence recorded
- Westcliff on Sea
- Family
- Mary Elizabeth Florence - wife
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Shoeing Smith
- Service number
- SE/623
- Corps or service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- 9th Section
- Theatre of war
- France, 28 October 1914
Medals and commemoration
- 1914 Star
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 24 February 1915
- Age
- 34
- Place of death
- France
- Recorded cause
- Enteric Fever
- Cemetery or memorial
- Le Treport Military
- Grave reference
- Plot 1. Row B. Grave 5.
Connected men
- James LITTLEAlso buried at Le Treport Military
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Find a Grave memorial
- Research record number: 9
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Walter John Florence”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/florence-walter-john-se-623/.
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