WALTER HILL KIDD
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Born: 1890, Chelmondiston, Suffolk.
Died: 15th April 1918; age 28; KiA.
Enlistment Location: Westminster, Middlesex.
Date of Entry Therein: 27th July 1915 – France.
Rank: Sergeant; Service Number: 14073
Regiment: Norfolk Regiment, 9th Battalion.
Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1915 Star.
Memorial Reference:
Panel 34 to 35 & 162A.
West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of the late Alfred Kidd; Husband of Ellen Kate Kidd, of Camden Cottages, Bell’s Yew Gleen, Frant, Sussex.
CENSUS
1891 Shotley Road, Chelmondiston, Suffolk.
Walter was a year old and living with his parents & siblings.
Alfred Walter Kidd, 36, a Market Gardener, born London.
Mary Ann Kidd (nee Starr), 39, born Steele Monden, Cambridgeshire.
Frederick Thomas Kidd, 8, born Chelmondiston, Suffolk.
Ernest Edward Kidd, 6, born Chelmondiston.
Jane Amelia Kidd, 4, born Chelmondiston.
Alice Maud Kidd, 3, born Chelmondiston.
Albert Arthur Kidd, 4 months, born Chelmondiston.
1 Nurse.
1901 201, Bramford Road, Ipswich.
Walter was 11 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Alfred, 46, a Gardener – Domestic.
Mary, 49.
Frederick, 18, a Sail Maker.
Jane, 14, a General Domestic Servant.
Alice, 13.
Albert Kidd, 9.
1911 59, Brook Street, St. George Hanover Square.
Walter was 21 years old, a Footman and 1 of 9 servants to 42 year old, Louis Flinchman, a Stockbroker, born Germany.
On the 22nd April 1917, at St. Luke’s Church, West Kilburn, London, 26 year old, Walter a Sergeant of the 8th Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment, married 28 year old, Ellen Kate James, born September 1888, Britford, Wiltshire – daughter of Charles James, a traction engine driver and Winifred James (nee Brewer), of North End, Broughton, Hampshire. Walter and Ellen both oth of 116, Saltram Crescent, Kilburn. Witnesses: Frances Kate Kidd & Ernest Edmund Kidd.
Soldiers’ Effects to Ellen K. Kidd – widow.
Probate to Ellen Chapman (wife of Frederick Chapman) – widow, of Codford St. Mary’s, Wiltshire.
Norfolk Regiment, 9th Battalion:
One Comment
Very interesting. Ellen Kate James is a distant cousin. However, you do have an erroe, the marriage was actually on 22nd April 1917.