Rushden Footballer Honoured
Afterwards Wounded By Shrapnel

  Corpl. Fredk. William Walden, of the Northants Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Walden, of 112, Glassbrook-road, Rushden, and whose wife resides at 17, Hatton Park-road, Wellingborough, has been wounded by shrapnel in the leg, and is now in hospital at Boulogne.  Just a week before his relatives received the news that he had been wounded they had been informed that he had been awarded the Military Medal for gallantry on the field.

  Corpl. Walden joined His Majesty’s Forces two years ago last November, and although he has been on the western front about 18 months, he had until last Monday week, August 5^th, come through without a scratch.  Before joining the colours he was employed at the Co-operative Boot Factory, Wellingborough.  Corpl. Walden was formerly well-known in Rushden as a footballer, playing first for St. Peter’s F.C. and later for the Rushden Windmill F.C.