Service number:  M2/048566

Battalion:  780th Mechanical Transport Coy

Walter worked as a lorry driver before he enlisted 08/02/1915 aged 24.

Walter had four brothers Tom, Fred, Harry and Charles and two sisters Annie and Gertrude. His parents Thomas Frederick and Clara ran the Regent Hotel on Regent Road, Salford.
 

Very sadly Walter was burnt to death when a candle was knocked over in his tent while he was asleep.