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Two Brothers who enlisted when war broke out.
ONE DIES OF WOUNDS, THE OTHER IN HOSPITAL.
Mrs. G. Walford of 252, Woodhouse Lane, Wigan, has received official news that her son, Pte William Walford, of the Border Regiment has died in a field hospital from shell wounds in the arm, face and legs, received in action. The deceased soldier, who was 27 years old, and unmarried, enlisted at the outbreak of the war, prior to which he worked as a drawer at the Langtree Pit of The Wigan Coal and Iron Co. and resided with his mother at the address given. He had had much experience of actual warfare during the two and a half years he had been with the colours, having taken part in the fighting at the Dardanelles and also in France.
His elder brother, Pte Alfred Walford of The Royal Field Artillery, who also enlisted as soon as the war broke out is at present in hospital in this country, having been invalided home with trench fever. Pte. Walford who is 29 years old, and also unmarried, resided with his mother, before joining the colours was a drawer at the Abram Collieries.
Published: Wigan Observer, May 1917
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