Life story: Walter Joseph Honychurch | Lives of the First World War

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1888

sibling Harold George Honychurch Source:8985814 7th December 1888

1889

sibling Albert John Honychurch Source:8985814 14th August 1889

1891

birth New South Wales Australia Source:8985529 17th July 1891

1901

dates Age 9 Source:9002722 31st March 1901

1911

dates Age 19 Source:8985534 2nd April 1911

1911

location 124 High St, Erdington, Birmingham United Kingdom parents address Source:8985534 2nd April 1911

1915

service British Army Private 2186 Royal Army Medical Corps 1/2nd (South Midland) Field Ambulance Source:8990890 17th July 1915

1915

theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:8990890 17th July 1915 - 27th March 1919

1917

awards Military Medal (MM) British Award/Decoration Source:5017387 9th October 1917

1917

service British Army Private 437253 Royal Army Medical Corps 1/2nd (South Midland) Field Ambulance (TF) Source:5017387 October 1917

1918

awards Military Medal (MM) British Award/Decoration Source:8992755 28th January 1918

1919

discharge Source:8990890 27th March 1919

1981

death Not War Related Shrewsbury United Kingdom Source:8985505 10th September 1981

burial St Thomas Hanwood Non-War Cemetery Hanwood near Shrewsbury United Kingdom Source:8985505

Details

Names

Type	Name
First Names	Walter Joseph
Initials	WJ
Last Name	Honychurch,
Source	8992755
First Names	Walter
Initials	W
Last Name	Church
Source	5017387

Gender

Gender	Source
Male

Locations

Address	Country	Type	Date	Source
124 High St, Erdington, Birmingham	United Kingdom	parents address	known 2nd April 1911

Contribution

Military Service

Service	Number	Unit	Section	Rank	Source
British Army	2186	Royal Army Medical Corps	1/2nd (South Midland) Field Ambulance	Private
British Army	437253	Royal Army Medical Corps	1/2nd (South Midland) Field Ambulance (TF)	Private

Awards

Award	Type	Source
1914/15 Star	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
MM	British Award/Decoration
Military Medal (MM)	British Award/Decoration
Military Medal (MM)	British Award/Decoration
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Family

Parents

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Henry Line Honychurch	father
Sophia Honychurch	mother

Siblings

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Harold George Honychurch	brother	7th December 1888
Albert John Honychurch	brother	14th August 1889

Media

Walter Honychurch (Church)

Extract from Passport photo

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Extract from old passport

Gives birth date as 17th July 1891 in Australia

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Extract from Edinburgh Gazette 30th January 1918

Publication of Military Medal awarded to Pte Walter J Church

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Walters Grandson Andrew John Honychurch

Andrew attending the commemoration service for descendants of those who fought in Third Battle of Ypes Passchendaele at CWGC Tyne Cot to mark the centenary of the battle wearing Walters medals including the Military Medal awarded during Passchendaele

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Medal Roll listing Walter Church (Honychurch)

Extract Medal Roll RAMC

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Original Medal Roll Card

Medal Roll Card for Walter Church (Honychurch)

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Medal Roll Card -Star Medal

Original Medal Roll Card

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1911 Census of England & Wales

Extract from 1911 Census giving names of family members then living at 124 High Street Erdington

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Transcription - Military Musrum

Transcription of Walters award of the Military Medal

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Award of Military Medal

Award of Military Medal to Pte Walter Church (Honychurch) Regimental No. 437253. Published in Edinburgh Gazette 30/1/1918

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Military Medal

Military Medal, similar to the one which would have been awarded to Walter Honychurch.

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1914-15 Star

1914-15 Star, similar to the one which would have been awarded to Joseph Honychurch.

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Walter Joseph Honychurch (Church)

Walter taken as a young man probably aged about 18 in his home town of Erdington

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Walter Joseph Honychurch (Church)

Photo of Walter taken outside Shukers in Shrewsbury, his first job after WW1. He is the young man standing on the left of the group.

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Extract from Erdington Post

Extract from newspaper article describing Walter's award of the Military Medal for gallantry

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Believed to be the 1st/2nd South Midland RAMC(T)

Walter Bertram Southerton - "Southy" was Walter Joseph Honychurch's best friend. Walter Joseph Honychurch is pictured standing immediately to the left of Pte. Walter Southerton. the photo is believed to have been taken in France in either 1915 or 1916

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Walter Joseph Honychurch

Walter believed to be aged about 16 in his school uniform

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1918

Walter in uniform at brothers wedding

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Amongst Walters photographs

Training believed to be at Chelmsford 1914/15 prior to being sent to the front.

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The Honychurch Family

Walter ( back far left) Albert (centre back) Harold (back right) with Grace, Evelyn & Agnes

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Walter outside his shop 124 High Street Erdington

Walter aged about 16 outside the family shop where he was manager

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Walter Honychurch

Walter aged about about 20

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1/2 South Midland Field Ambulance

Somewhere in France

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Newspaper extract

Newspaper article describing Walters award of the Military Medal

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Walters pen & ink sketch

Walters sketch of his youngest sister Evelyn playing the violin

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Cartoon sketch

Cartoon sketch of Walter by an RAMC colleague possibly while convalescing following his injury in October 1917 at a military hospital

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Sophie Honychurch & family

Sophie Honychurch with Agnes (0ldest sister) Harold & Ambert with Walter as a babe in arms. Taken whilst the family were living in Bitteswell

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Cartoon sketch by Walter

Another of Walters cartoon sketches

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Grave of Walter & Elsie Honychyrch

Grave of Walter & Elsie Honychurch St Thomas Hanwood near Shrewsbury

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Walter's Grandson Andrew John Honychurch

Andrew attending the commemoration service for descendants of those who fought in Third Battle of Ypes Passchendaele at CWGC Tyne Cot to mark the centenary of the battle wearing Walter's medals including the Military Medal awarded during Passchendaele.

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Communities

RAMC In Arduis Fidelis

RAMC In Arduis Fidelis

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Recipients of the Military Medal

Recipients of the Military Medal

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RAMC - 1/2nd (South Midland) Field Ambulance (TF)

RAMC - 1/2nd (South Midland) Field Ambulance (TF)

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Honychurch brothers: Harold, Albert and Walter

Honychurch brothers: Harold, Albert and Walter

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Evidence

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Official Records

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription	Julie120464
New South Wales Births Transcription	Julie120464
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Julie120464
Medal Index Cards Transcription	Julie120464
Medal Index Cards Transcription	Julie120464
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Deborah102878

External Evidence

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Henry Line Templer/ Honychurch Family	Julie120464

Multimedia

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Walter Honychurch (Church)	Julie120464
Extract from old passport	Julie120464
Extract from Edinburgh Gazette 30th January 1918	Julie120464
Walters Grandson Andrew John Honychurch	Julie120464
Medal Roll listing Walter Church (Honychurch)	Julie120464
Original Medal Roll Card	Julie120464
Medal Roll Card -Star Medal	Julie120464
1911 Census of England & Wales	Julie120464
Transcription - Military Musrum	Julie120464
Award of Military Medal	Julie120464
Military Medal	Vincent96527
1914-15 Star	Vincent96527
Walter Joseph Honychurch (Church)	Julie120464
Walter Joseph Honychurch (Church)	Julie120464
Extract from Erdington Post	Julie120464
Believed to be the 1st/2nd South Midland RAMC(T)	Julie120464
Walter Joseph Honychurch	Julie120464
1918	Julie120464
Amongst Walters photographs	Julie120464
The Honychurch Family	Julie120464
Walter outside his shop 124 High Street Erdington	Julie120464
Walter Honychurch	Julie120464
1/2 South Midland Field Ambulance	Julie120464
Newspaper extract	Julie120464
Walters pen & ink sketch	Julie120464
Cartoon sketch	Julie120464
Sophie Honychurch & family	Julie120464
Cartoon sketch by Walter	Julie120464
Grave of Walter & Elsie Honychyrch	Julie120464
Walter's Grandson Andrew John Honychurch	Joanna64499

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RAMC In Arduis Fidelis

Recipients of the Military Medal

RAMC - 1/2nd (South Midland) Field Ambulance (TF)

Honychurch brothers: Harold, Albert and Walter

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