WALTER JOHN MALLETT
Born: 4th October 1893, Ipswich.
Baptised on the 27th July 1904, at St. Bartholomew’s Church, Ipswich, with his brother, Frederick George Mallett, born 14th December 1895 – family home at 14, Tomline Road, Ipswich.
Died: 21st January 1918; age 24; died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, at 14, Tomline Road, Ipswich. Served 1 year & 41 days.
Residence: 14, Tomline Road, Ipswich.
Occupation: Labourer.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich; date: 1st September 1914; age 20 years & 10 months; religion: CofE. Next of Kin: James Mallett, 14, Tomline Road, Ipswich. Height: 5ft 5 1/2ins, dark complexion, brown eyes & dark hair, 2 scars on the left forearm.
Walter did not serve overseas.
Discharged – 11th October 1915.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 20132
Regiment: Wiltshire Regiment, ‘C’ Coy, 3rd Coy.
Medals Awarded: Silver War Badge (medal number 64,198) and certificate issued on the 11th November 1916. No longer physically fit for war service.
Buried on the 24th January at Ipswich Old Cemetery.
Grave Reference:
CC.I.56.
Ipswich.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of James & Mary Mallett, of 14, Tomline Road, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1901 14, Tomline Road, Ipswich.
Walter was 7 years old and living with his parents & brothers.
James Mallett, 41, a Maltster, born Falkenham, Suffolk.
Mary Jane Mallett (nee Rainbird), 43, born Great Holland, Essex.
Robert Charles Mallett, 14, a Joiner’s Apprentice, born Ipswich.
William James Mallett, 12, born Ipswich.
Stanley Arthur Mallett, 10, born Ipswich.
Frederick George Mallett, 5, born Ipswich.
1911 14, Tomline Road, Ipswich.
Walter was 17 years old, a Labourer – Brewing. He was living with his parents & brothers.
James, 51, a Maltster Labourer.
Mary, 53.
Stanley, 20, a Labourer – Gardening.
Frederick, 15, a Labourer – Brewing.
Walter was educated at Nacton Road Council School, Ipswich.
Soldiers’ Effects to James Mallett – father.
Walter is also remembered on the war memorial at St. Bartholomew’s Church, Ipswich.
Wiltshire Regiment, ‘C’ Coy, 3rd Coy
3rd (Reserve) Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Devizes and then moved to Weymouth.
April 1915, moved to Dorchester and then back to Weymouth.
Sept 1917 Moved to Sittingbourne, Kent, as part of the Sittingbourne S.R. Brigade.
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