BORN HULL 1891. SON OF EMMA & PAGE LANCASTER.A WAREHOUSMAN, FOR A HULL PAPER MERCHANT (1911 CENSUS). B HIS STEP FATHER JAMES POLE LIVED AT 1 ETON TERRACE, CAMBRIDGE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/09/1918, AGED 27.
HE IS BURIED AT ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “DEATH DIVIDES BUT MEMORY CLINGS – FROM MOTHER BROTHERS AND SISTER”
First name:
WALTER
Regiment:
Military Number:
21740
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/09/1918
Place died:
ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
27
1 ETON TERRACE, CAMBRIDGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
