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132396 Pte. Horace Walker British Army 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment from:Burton on Stather, Scunthorpe (d.29 October 1914) Horace Walker was my grandmother's younger brother & had been in service in Lincolnshire before the war but on his death certificate his home address is that of my grandmother in Sheffield. He was 32. He died in the 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth with the cause of death given as malignant oedema of the thigh. I would be most interested to discover more about his war experiences & how/where he received the thigh wound. His medals suggest that he had served on the continent but I have no other details. It must have been a very early engagement for him to have been injured, repatriated by this date in the war; or perhaps he was just kicked by a mule before seeing any action. If anyone can enlighten me in any way I would be most grateful. Additional Information: Horace was in the reserve at Mons on a hill in town, took part in the retreat and other actions until the Marne. By then he'd been sent back due to his wound. Died in hospital and is commemorated on one of the WW1 walls in Wandsworth cemetery. Dont know why he hasn't got a marked grave, many blokes on his wall had the same fate. Horace was my gt grandmother's half brother. Paul Perrozzi Reply

Oedema in those days meant severe Infection of a wound, a very common cause of death Paul Perrozzi Reply

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