BORN HULL 26/3/1887. WIFE ELIZABETH HORNSBY AT THIS NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS. HE HAD JOINED THE NER IN AUGUST 1913 AND WAS EMPLOYED ON THE DOCKS MARINE ENGINEER STAFF, WORKING AS A FIREMAN ON THE DREDGER DAVID DALE. HE HAD SERVED AS A STOKER IN THE ROYAL NAVY AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL FLEET RESERVE. HE WAS RECALLED ON THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. E WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT THE DARDENELLES ON 04/06/1915, AGED 28. HIS DEATH WAS RPORTED IN THE HDM, ON 07/08/1915, ALONG WITH OTHER NER MEN TO HAVE FALLEN.
First name:
WALTER
Military Number:
105652
Rank:
Stoker 1st Class
Date Died
04/06/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
28
4 SPRING TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
