Thomas Joseph Wilford Weld
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Thomas Joseph Wilford Weld was born on 10th March 1893 and was the son of Wilfred Joseph Weld and Jessie Weld née Macdonald of Orchard Lodge, Avon Dassett, Leamington, Warwickshire. His father Wilfred Joseph was born in Yorkshire in 1850 and his mother Jessie Macdonald was born in 1867 in Scotland. They were married in 1890 and had the following children, Janet Margaret Mary b1891, Thomas Joseph Wilfred b1893, Mary Flora b1895, Frances Mary b1902 and Joseph William b1901. In the 1911 census Thomas is a boarder at Catholic College, Edge Hill, Wimbledon, he is shown as being 18 yrs single and an army student. In the same 1911 census his family are living at Orchard Lodge, Avon Dasssett, and are shown as Wilfred Joseph 61 yrs , living on his own means, he is living with his wife Jessie 44 yrs and their children, Janet Margaret Mary 20 yrs, Frances Mary 8 yrs and Joseph William 1 year old, they are employing 2 servants. Thomas's probate was proven on 17th March 1919 in London. It shows him as Thomas Joseph Weld of Orchard Lodge, Avon Dassett, Warwickshire, Captain in the 2/2nd battalion King's African Rifles, died 18th November 1918 at the British Hospital, Nairobi. Administraiton awarded to his father Wilfred Joseph Weld, esquire. His effects valued at £749 14 shillings and 6 pence.
Captain Thomas Joseph Wilfred Weld served with the 2/2nd battalion King's African Rifles. He died on 18 November 1918 at the British Hospital in Nairobi, of pneumonia after being wounded. Thomas was buried in Nairobi Southern Cemetery, Kenya, grave reference III.A.15. He was awarded a Military Cross and bar
WMA 51912: St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Avon Dassett, Warwickshire CV47 2AS. Stone tablet bearing the inscription: ‘Pray for the soul of Captain Thomas Joseph Weld, MC, Lovat’s Scouts, Kar. Born at Avon Dassett March 10th 1893 died at Nairobi November 18th 1918. Fiat Voluntas Tuas [Thy Will be Done]’. ‘The Scotsman’, 23 November 1918: ‘Weld. At Nairobi, Africa, on 18th inst., of pneumonia following on wounds. Capt. Thomas Joseph Weld, King’s African Rifles, eldest son of Wilfred Weld, of Avon-Dasset, near Leamington, aged 25. RIP.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) London Gazette Issue No. 30817, 27 July 1918: Award of the Military Cross London Gazette Issue No. 30950, 11 October 1918: Award of a bar to the Military Cross. Citation reads: “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in action. Under heavy attacks by the enemy he showed marked ability and coolness in the control of his company. It was largely owing to his fine courage and personal example that the firing line was maintained at the point where his company was in position. He has always set a splendid example to his men.”' (source: www.greatwarforum.org/topic/111102-captain-thomas-joseph-wilfred-weld-mc-and-bar)
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