1915 Trio . 11th Cardiff Pals / Commercials. Walter William Hosey . Special Constabulary. Gwr Railway.

1915 trio 14654 pte w w hosey welsh r .

Ww2 defence medal unnamed as issued.

Scarce Cardiff City special police ,the great war 1914-19 medal brooch mounted for wear.

Walter William hosey was born 24th October 1893 .

Enlisted September 1914 occupation barman.

April 1915 not complying with an order ,sentenced 3 days confined to barracks .

September 1916 malaria whist serving with mef ,31st casualty clearing station.

October 1916 pyrexia b Coy 11th battalion welsh regt.

4th August 1917 interstitial keratitis, 68th ambulance train.

Transferred labour corp as 488656 February 1918.

Discharged March 1919 with malaria and defective vision, due to service , 88 Cathays terrace, Cardiff.

1939 living at 26 Tewkesbury place ,Cardiff a general labourer for gwr ,great Western railway.

Presumably he served in homeguard or arp ww2 ? .

He died July 1967 .

His papers survive online .

A good group to 11th battalion welsh regiment , the Cardiff Pals/ Commercials.