BORN HULL 1899. SON OF WALTER AND AGNES BROWN, OF 32 BRAZIL STREET, HULL. A FORMER NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, HODGSON AND HARRIS, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, WHEN WAR BEGAN.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN FEBRUARY 1918. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 12816 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 19/09/1918, AGED 18 AND 9 MONTHS.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS FATHER, WALTER. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM 12/10/1918, WITH HIS PHOTO. *
First name:
WALTER
Military Number:
82773
Rank:
Private
Date Died
19/09/1918
Place died:
Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
18
