BORN HULL 1887. SON OF GEORGE CADE & FANNY RILEY, OF THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE WAS A REGULAR ARMY SOLDIER SERVING WITH 2ND LEICESTER REGIMENT, WHEN WAR BEGAN. MARRIED TO LUCY SMALLEY, WITH A YOUNG SON, ALSO CALLED WALTER. HE WAS SENT TO FRANCE, ON 12/10/1914, WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, AT LOOS, ON 25/09/1915, AGED 28. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE LOOS MEMORIAL, TO THE MISSING.
HIS ELDER BROTHER, PRIVATE, ARTHUR CADE, 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 22/03/1918, AGED 33
First name:
WALTER
Military Number:
9048
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/09/1915
Place died:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
28
