BORN STOCKTON ON TEES, 1883. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JAMES & DOROTHY. WIFE SARAH DOBSON LIVED IN NORTHALERTON. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/08/1916, AGED 33. HE IS BURIED AT THE SOMME, AT DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “IN LIFE BELOVED IN DEATH LAMENTED”.
First name:
WALTER
Regiment:
Military Number:
22063
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/08/1916
Place died:
Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-Le-Sec, Somme, France
Age:
33
