BORN HULL 1896. ONLY SON OF JOHN SUNLEY & EMMA GARBUTT (1863-1940), OF 20 FANNY TERRACE, GRANGE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 39 MIDDLETON STREET, HULL. A FORMER ERRAND BOY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AS PRIVATE, 583, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE ‘ACCRINGTON PALS’. KILLED IN ACTION ON 02/07/1916, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING ON THE SOMME.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL. *
First name:
WALTER
Military Number:
27298
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
19
