Walter Lionel Carver
Tuesday 06 November 1917
Army Rank: Captain Number: Regiment: 1st/1st Battalion Herefordshire RegimentBorn: 1883Died: 6th November, 1917Age: 34Cause of Death: Killed in action Commemorated at Hereford Cathedral School, Hereford Cathedral and Beersheba War Cemetery.Son of Thomas Carver, J.P., of Meyrick House, Hereford.A keen cricketer, his name appears in Wisden on the Great War: The Lives of Cricket's Fallen 1914-1918 edited by Andrew Renshaw (Wisden, 2014): CAPT. WALTER LIONEL CARVER (Hereford Regt.), killed November 6, aged 34. Hereford Cathedral School XI. Captain of Weston-Super-Mare CC. Records of Hereford Cathedral School, by Major J.C. Earles-White (1931) records Carver’s time at the school: Carver (1895-1901) Walter Lionel. – Born 1883. Football XI. and Cricket XI. Colours, 1899-1901. Captain of Football. Monitor.Articled, Messrs. Gwynne James and Son, Hereford, and admitted Solicitor, 1907,Played Hockey for Herefordshire, 1906-07, and for Leeds Corinthians. Yorkshire and North of England, 1907 – 09. Afterwards was with Messrs. Baker and Lillington, Weston-Super-Mare, and was Captain of Weston-Super-Mare Hockey 1st XI., often appearing for Somerset and the West of England, and also Captain of Weston-Super-Mare Cricket XI.Was Captain of the English Hockey Team which visited Hamburg, 1912-13.Joined 1/1 Batt. The Herefordshire Regt. On 28th August, 1914. Promoted Lieut. January, 1915.Served at Suvla Bay, August to November, 1915, and with Egyptian Expeditionary force, 1916-17. Present at the 1st and 2nd Battles of Gaza and Beer-Sheba, being killed in action at Khuweilfeh, November 6th, 1917, aged 34.The Hereford Times reporte “We deeply regret to announce the death of Capt WL Carver, Herefordshire Regiment, younger son of Mt T Carver of Meyrick House, Meyrick Street, Whitecross Hereford, ex-aldeman and Chairman of the Hereford City and County Constitutional Club. The sad news came as a big blow to the family and a wide circle of friends, and the sympathy of all classes will be extended to the deceased officer’s father, his brother, Capt Frank Carver and his three sisters, one of whom is the wife of Capt Frank Dixon, who is also serving abroad.Capt WL Carver was one of the brave band who have and are still upholding the good name of Herefordshire as a strong fighting unit of the British Army. Posessed of a striking personality and wonderful spirits, he was a delightful companion and a fine athlete and sportsman in the truest sense of the word. When he answered “the call” he was on the threshold of a successful career as a lawyer. He was educated at Hereford Cathedral School and afterwards articled to Messess Gwynne James and Son, solicitors of Hereford for nearly three years. He then became associated with Nessrs Lupton and Fawcett of Leeds and subsequently with N Messes Baker and Lillington solicitors of Weston Super Mare.