Private 3874 Walter William STANTON

Private 3874 Walter William STANTON - 9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Died of Dysentery on 23rd August 1915 aged 40

Military History


Theatre of War in Which Died	WW1 Campaign Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
Gallipoli	1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery

First Arrived in a War Theatre	Bravery & Conduct Medals	Warwickshire War Memorials
13 July 1915 in Gallipoli	~	Leamington No Known Memorial

Action, Battle or Other Reason Died	Date and Place Enlisted	Other War Memorials
Died of Dysentery	After 23rd August 1914 in Manchester	~

Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
Military Hospital, Citadel, Cairo	~

William died of Dysentery at the British Military Hospital, Citadel, Cairo, Egypt on 23rd August 1915, just 5 weeks after arriving in Gallipoli.

Personal & Family History

Birth Date/Place	Baptism Date/Place
Apr-Jun Qtr 1875 in Leamington Spa

Parents Names	Abode
Henry and Emma Stanton	Henry died in 1899 and Emma died in 1907

Next of Kin - Sister - Pension Card	Abode
Miss Emma Stanton	9 Gordon Street, Leamington Spa

Schools	Colleges
	~

Address History	Employment History
1875 - Leamington Spa	1881 - School age
1881 - 37 Althorpe Street, Leamington Spa	1891 - Silk Mill Spinner Hand
1891 - 18 Garratt Street, Nuneaton (Boarder aged 17)	1901 - India Rubber Worker (Dunlops?)
1901 - 43 Duke Street, Birmingham (Lodger aged 27)	1911 - Labourer in Sugar Factory
1911 - Labour Home, 83 New Kent Road, London
1914 - Leamington Spa (Soldiers Who Died WW1 Record)

Per the above both of William's parents died in Leamington (Warwick District Death Records).
William's sister Emma was 17 when William was born. She lived in Leamington most of her life and died there in 1936, having never married
In 1911 William had fallen on hard(er) times and was living at the Morning Post Embankment Labour Home - a Shelter for the Homeless