BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JOHN HAWKSLEY WATERHOUSE (1862-1939) & ELIZABETH HARRIET KIRBY (1863-1952), OF 3, BEECH AVENUE, CONVENT LANE, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A POOR LAW PENSIONER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER WHO DIED YOUNG AND ONE SISTER. HE WORKED AS A STONE MASON APPRENTICE. LIVED AT 7, SKILLS TERRACE, ST LUKES STREET, HULL
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 27/10/1915. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN
Derek Burgess supplied the following information on 02.01.2015. Walter’s father was John Hawksley Waterhouse, born 12 Jun 1862 in Owston Ferry, Lincolnshire, who died 06 Apr 1939 at 128 Fountain Road, Hull, Yorkshire East Riding, England, and my wife is connected via his wife the mum of Walter.
