East Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion – Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914

Rowland, Walter

BORN BURNLEY 1880. WIFE LAVINIA MAUD ROWLAND ABOVE. SON OF ALBERT & ELIZA , BURNLEY. EX GOODS GUARD ON YORK RAILWAY. HULL HEROES WEB SITE.

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF MARGARET COTTINGHAM & CORNELIUS KITSON (1853-1934) OF 16 CHEAPSIDE, HULL AND 5, BELMONT STREET, OLDHAM, LANCS (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS A COTTON MILL PIECER. ENLISTED OLDHAM. SERVED IN THE 6TH EAST LANCS REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, IN MESOPOTANIA, ON 24/04/1916, AGED 26. … Read more