BORN BEVERLEY 1897. SON OF WILLIAM & BETSY SCOFFIN – 37 HIGH GATE, BEVERLEY. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDRE. AN ERRAND BOY. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. EX, PRIVATE, 2458 YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/4TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. PROMOTED CORPORAL. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT 1ST FIELD AMBULANCE, HOSPITAL, BELGIUM, ON 23/03/1918, AGED 21. HE IS BURIED AT MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM. A SINGLE MAN. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 08/04/1918.
HIS BROTHER FRANK ALSO SERVED AND WAS SUFFERING FROM SHELL SHOCK.
First name:
WALTER
Military Number:
34687
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
23/03/1918
Place died:
Menin Road South Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
21
37 HIGHGATE, BEVERLEY, LITTLE WEIGHTON, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
