BORN HULL 1880. SON OF ISSAC & ANN HARGREAVE. HUSBAND OF HANNAH HARGREAVE, OF JAMES TERRACE, SPRING BANK, HULL (HDM ADDRESS 17/10/1917) AND 123 HODGSON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND JAMES TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL.
HE WAS A FOREMAN FOR 13 YEARS WITH MR GREENWOOD, A LOCAL BUILDER AND CONTRATOR. HE SERVED AS A SAPPER WITH THE 529TH EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 29/09/1917, AGED 37. BURIED IN BELGIUM.
HE LEFT A WIDOW AND THREE CHILDREN. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 17T AND 20TH OCTOBER 1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS MEMORIAL AT HULL MINSTER.
NB: G HARGEAVES, RN, ON EXCHANGE/TUNIS ST MEMORIAL.
First name:
WALTER
Military Number:
474276
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
29/09/1917
Place died:
Brandhoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
37
123 , HODGSON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
