BORN SHERBURN IN ELMET, YORKS, 1897. ONLY SON OF REV. WALTER & HARRIET PHILLIPS, of SKIRLAUGH VICARAGE. LISTED ON HYMERS COLLEGE MEMORIAL. HE WAS AWARDED A SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND SELWYN COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE TO TAKE HOLY ORDER. HE OBTAINED HIS COMMISSION INTO THE EYR ON 22ND AUGUST 1915. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AGED 19. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, WITH HIS PHOTO ON 25TH SEPTEMBER 1916.
First name:
WALTER HENRY SHERBURN
Regiment:
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Date Died
16/09/1916
Place died:
Bazentin-Le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Age:
19
