BALDRY, Donald


No.43902, Shoeing Smith Corporal, Donald BALDRY
Aged 30


14th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
Died of Illness on Tuesday, 10th December 1918


1914 Star with clasp - the Old Contemptibles medal


Born in 1889 (qtr 4 Bury St.Edmunds 4a:714) son of Edward and Jessie May BALDRY (née WEBB)

1891 census...Aged 2, he was at 92 Chalk Lane, Bury St.Edmunds with his father Edward BALDRY [34] solo cornet player born Bury St.Edmunds; his mother Jessie [24] born Ipswich; sister Mildred [1] born Bury St.Edmunds

1901 census...Aged 12, he was at 57 Guildhall Street, Bury St.Edmunds with his father (coach smith); sisters Mildred and Ethel [5].

1911 census...Aged 22, a shoeing smith in the 50th Battery, Royal Horse Artillery he was at Barracks, Bulford Camp, Salisbury.
His father and sisters Mildred and Ethel were at 7 Southgate Street, Bury St.Edmunds

The pension card has his father at 50 Westgate Road, Bury St.Edmunds. His mother has not been identfied in the 1901 or 1911 census, his father is recorded as married in both.


He enlisted in Bury St.Edmunds. He died from influenza.




photo CWGC


Donald Baldry is buried in Charleroi Communal Cemetery, Belgium P:17

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