Cromer Servicemen and Servicewomen in the First World War

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Name	William Salter
Ward	Cromer
Armed Force	Territorial Army
Notes	Captain William Salter had joined the London Rifle Brigade as a Private on the outbreak of war. He transferred to the Middlesex Regiment on receiving his commission as an officer. He was killed at Waterlot Farm on the Somme in August, 1916, a few hundred yards south of Delville Wood. His father was Alfred Salter of Cromer and his mother Sarah, Hillside, Vicarage Road, Cromer. His father was a schoolteacher and active in a number of other town societies. In the 1911 census he is living in Ilford,and working as a Surveyor (Railway), single and aged 26.
Date of Birth	06/05/1884
Place of Birth	Overstrand
Date of Death	08/08/1916
Place of Death	Reported missing Waterlot Farm, Guillemont
Source	Cromer Post 15th Jan 1915
	William Salter, his photograph from the War Roll in Cromer parish church.
	The Thiepval memorial where William's name is recorded. Waterlot Farm would be visible from the memorial.