Rank
Gunner
Regiment
Royal Field Artillery
Date of death
23 July 1917
Age of death
25
Address
36 Waverley Road
South Woodford
Woodford
E18 1HX
Address source
1911 Census
Local memorial
Cemetery / Memorial
Belgium
Biography
Born in 1892 at Woodford, son of Walter Charles (Plumber) and Eleanor Emma Milton. 1901: A Scholar with his family at 1 Flower Villa, Maybank Road, South Woodford. 1911: A Plumbers Labourer living with his family at 36 Waverley Road, South Woodford. He later became a Plumber.
He enlisted on 8th August 1914 at Stratford, and went to France on 19th February 1915. He was Killed in Action during the days leading up to the 3rd Battle of Ypres.
It appears he married while serving in Europe. His Mother applied for a pension for his widow who “cannot write English”. The pension of 13/9d came into payment from 11th February 1918.
Research by Adrian Lee, Local Historian
Sources:
Ancestry.com