Soldier Record
Walter Maisey
Contributed by: Christine Bond, on 2008-11-11
| Rank | |
|---|---|
| First Name | Walter |
| Surname | Maisey |
| Year of Birth | 1896 |
| Year of Death | 1980 |
| Regiment | Royal Engineers |
| Place of Wartime Residence | Marlborough, Wiltshire |
Walter's Story
I remember my father telling me that during part of the First World War he rode between the lines on a horse, and afterwards on a motor bike, leaning well over, like the Pony Express in the Wild West of America, laying the telephone wires between the trenches. I never appreciated it at the time but I do now and he came through relatively unscathed. Afterwards he was sent out to Macedonia where he contracted malaria. I remember him suffering bouts of the residue of this even into old age. I will always remember him as a true gentleman.
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