BORN HULL 1887. LIVED IN WITHERNSEA. SON OF THE LATE JAMES AND CAROLINE BUTCHER, OF 16, PRINCES STREET, WITHERNSEA, HULL. A GENERAL LABOURER. STAYING AT 11, EDINBURGH STREET, HULL, (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 19/12/1916, AGED 29. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME, AT DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE WITHERNSEA WW1 MEMORIAL.
HIS NAME IS RECORED ON ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL.
First name:
WALTER
Regiment:
Military Number:
11508
Rank:
Private
Date Died
19/12/1916
Place died:
Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Somme, France
Age:
29
16, PRINCES STREET, WITHERNSEA, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
