BORN HULL 1900. SON OF WILLIAM DOWELL (1861-1927) & JOAN DOWELL (1862-?), OF 19 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE WAS THE FIFTH OF SIX CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH 12/13TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/09/1918, AGED 18.
HE IS BURIED IN FRANCE, AT GOUZEAUCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “GOD TAKES OUR LOVED ONES FROM OUR HOMES BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS”
First name:
WALTER
Military Number:
66819
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/09/1918
Place died:
Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
19
47 , HOLLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
