Second Lieutenant Walter Morse JOTCHAM 1st/8th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
Died 19 August 1917 aged 28
Second son of Arthur and Eliza Jotcham, of Baden House, Wotton-under-Edge, Glos.
13 June 1914 departed from Liverpool bound for America on the Lusitania, occupation Clerk.
Notes from his Canadian Army Records -
Born 2 December 1888 at Wotton-under-Edge, Glos. Occupation Fruit Rancher (Fruit Rancher falls under the broader career category of Farm and Ranch Managers.)
1910 - 1913 Served in Gloucestershire Yeomanry
7 November 1914 enlisted in Vancouver aged 25 No. 75815 29th Canadian Infantry.
Promoted to Lance Corporal.
8 December 1915 he was suffering from influenza at 6th Canadian Field Ambulance, returned to duty 15 December 1915.
20 May 1915 embarked from Canada, disembarked in England 30 May 1915.
18 September 1915 he went to France, disembarking at Boulogne.
12 January 1916 he proceeded to England to take Commission, transferred to 30th Reserve Bn.
14 March 1916 he was a Cadet with 30th Bn. Reserve Cambridgeshire, still as Lance Corporal.
7 July 1916 he was discharged on appointment to Commission in the Imperial Army as Lieutenant in 14th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment at Hythe.
At rest at New Irish Farm Cemetery, Belgium.
Commemorated on a family headstone at
Wotton under Edge Cemetery, Gloucestershire.
His brother is also commemorated on this stone -
Private Cyril Reginald JOTCHAM No. 235464 1st/1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
Died 16 June 1918 aged 26
Third son of Arthur and Eliza Jotcham, of Baden House, Wotton-under-Edge, Glos.
At rest at Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
