{"id":123,"date":"2015-12-02T20:30:22","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T20:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/?p=123"},"modified":"2026-06-10T16:54:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:54:55","slug":"cornford-walter-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/12\/cornford-walter-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornford, Walter Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"397\" height=\"423\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Cornford-W-2-Cornford-H-0815.jpg\" alt=\"Cornford\" class=\"wp-image-8065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Cornford-W-2-Cornford-H-0815.jpg 397w, https:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Cornford-W-2-Cornford-H-0815-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"196\" height=\"377\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Cornford-W-0115.jpg\" alt=\"W Cornford\" class=\"wp-image-124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Cornford-W-0115.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Cornford-W-0115-156x300.jpg 156w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Walter Thomas Cornford<br>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Rank:<\/em>&nbsp;Trooper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Regiment:<\/em>&nbsp;1st Life Guards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Parents:<\/em>&nbsp;Mr &amp; Mrs W&nbsp;Cornford<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Brother:<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/11\/cornford-harry\/\">Harry Cornford<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Address:&nbsp;<\/em>86 Church Street, Ore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Other Info:<\/em>&nbsp;Additional name information from the&nbsp;Lives of the First World War website<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Published: <\/em>January 1915 &amp; August 1915<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walter Thomas Cornford Rank:&nbsp;Trooper Regiment:&nbsp;1st Life Guards Parents:&nbsp;Mr &amp; Mrs W&nbsp;Cornford Brother: Harry Cornford Address:&nbsp;86 Church Street, Ore Other Info:&nbsp;Additional name information from the&nbsp;Lives of the First World War website Published: January 1915 &amp; August 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[28,4,7,29],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-army","tag-1st-life-guards","tag-army","tag-january-1915","tag-ore"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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