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Name : Arthur William Balders.
Son of the late Lieut-Colonel Charles Morley Balders (died 1902) and Mrs Elizabeth Halford Balders (née Nicholls) of Barsham, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Born 1887 Sandown. |
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Census Information :
1891 Census : Charles M and Elizabeth H Balders, with their children including Arthur aged 3, are at Summer Hill, Melville Street, Sandown. Charles Balders is a retired Lieut-Colonel. 1901 Census : Charles M and Elizabeth H Balders, with their children including Arthur aged 13, are at 8, Alexandra Road, Oakfield. Charles Balders is a retired Army Colonel. 1911 Census : Arthur Balders, aged 22, is a Lieutenant with the 1st Norfolk Regiment, at Aldershot. His mother Elizabeth Balders is at Barsham, Lind Street, Ryde. |
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Service details : Captain Arthur William Balders, Norfolk Regiment, attd Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F. See Newspaper cuttings for career. |
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Died : 26 November 1915 aged 28 Commemorated at : Zaria Memorial, Nigeria. CWGC record ... |
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Commemorated on these Memorials :
Ryde Borough War Memorial Holy Trinity Church, Ryde, War Memorial Isle of Wight College / Appley House School War Memorial County War Memorial, Carisbrooke Castle |
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Documents and Newspaper cuttings :
The Times
Monday, December 6th, 1915 KILLED IN ACTION BALDERS - Killed in action in the Cameroons, on the 25th Nov., whilst serving with the Nigerian Regiment, ARTHUR WILLIAM BALDERS, Captain, the Norfolk Regiment, second and dearly-loved son of the late Lieut-Colonel Charles Morley Balders, King's Dragoon Guards, of West Barsham, Norfolk, and of Mrs. Balders, Barsham Lodge, Ryde, Isle of Wight, aged 28. PERSONAL NOTES CAPTAIN ARTHUR WILLIAM BALDERS, who was killed in Cameroon on November 27, was the second son of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Morley Balders, King's Dragoon Guards, of West Barsham, Norfolk, and of Mrs. Balders, Barsham Lodge, Ryde Isle of Wight, and grandson of the late Major-General E.M. Boxer, R.A., F.R.S. Born in 1887, he was educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College, and gained his commission as second lieutenant in the Norfolk Regiment in August 1905. He obtained his first step in promotion in October 1908, and in June 1914 was gazetted captain. He served with the 1st Norfolk Regiment in South Africa, 1905-1906, being quartered at Bloemfontein, and in England at Worley and Aldershot. In November 1912, he was seconded for service with the West African Frontier Force, and was attached to the Nigerian Regiment, with which he proceeded with the Cameroon Expeditionary Force, which landed at Duala, Cameroon, in 1914. He had been serving continuously for the past year with this Expeditionary Force. Captain Balders was engaged to be married to Miss Pearl Burt, youngest daughter of Captain E.R. Burt, R.N., of Ryde, Isle of Wight. 
National Probate Calendar 1917 |
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Additional Information :
Wisden obituaries 1915
CAPT. ARTHUR WILLIAM BALDERS (Norfolk Regiment, attached to Nigeria Regt), who was killed in the Cameroons in November, played cricket for his Regiment and Aldershot Command. He was born in 1887, and educated at Cheltenham, but was not in the Eleven. Cheltenham College Wikipedia article mentions that the names of those Old Cheltonians killed in the first World War are recorded in the College Chapel Cheltenham College Roll of Honour (photo but no transcription) |
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