BORN KNARESBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE, 1891. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY JANE CHATTERTON, OF KNARESBOROUGH, YORKS. EMPLOYED AS AN ASSISTANT IN A BOOT/SHOE SHOP IN LOUTH (1911 CENSUS). RESIDED IN HULL. ENLISTED HULL. MARRIED AT HULL IN 1915. HIS WIFE ELSIE GERTRUDE CHATTERTON LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE SERVED WITH THE 66TH ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS AND DIED OF WOUNDS JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS 1917, AGED 27. HE IS BURIED AT YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, WHO MOVED TO “ROTHSAYE”, LANDSDOWNE ROAD, BRIDLINGTON.
First name:
WALTER FREDRICK SYDNEY
Military Number:
DM2/170513
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/12/1917
Place died:
Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
27
