BORN SWANLAND 1886. KNOWN AS ‘MUSH’. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS “A LITTLE MAN WITH A BIG HEART.” ENLISTED HULL. LIVED IN HESSLE. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT YPRES, ON 14/08/1915, AGED 29. BURIED AT LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM.
HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 20TH AUGUST 1915, & ON THE 6TH SEPTEMBER 1915. ALSO IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 28TH AUGUST 1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HE WAS THE SON OF ESTHER/ FRANCIS ACEY- 106 WHEELER STREET; AND 16 BEECH GROVE, RHODES STREET. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ALL SAINTS CHURCH MEMORIAL, HESSLE.
First name:
WALTER ARTHUR
Regiment:
Military Number:
12164
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/08/1915
Place died:
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaaderen, Belgium
Age:
29
2 FLORENCE AVENUE, HULL ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
