BORN HULL 1890. SON OF GEORGE COLE (1845-1921) OF WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND AND THE LATE MARY ANN WILD (1854-1907). AS PER SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS, HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 4497, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 26/09/1916, AGED 26. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER GEORGE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 06/07/1916 AND 10/11/1916.
HE IS BURIED AT ETAPLES, HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS”.
First name:
WALTER ALBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
4497
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/09/1916
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
26
