South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France and Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Ovillers Military Cemetery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| After 1 Jan 1916 | ~ | Warwick (Eleanor Cross) War Memorial |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | |
| Second Battle of the Somme | Sept 1914 at Coventry | |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | Other War Memorials |
| Achiet-le-Petit | see below | ~ |
Circumstances of Death
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Walter is listed as being killed in action on 24 Aug 1918. The 15th Battalion war diary entries for the 23rd and 24th August are transcribed below.
23rd Aug 1918 - Achiet-le-Petit: 5th Division will attack win conjunction with 37th Div on the lweft and New Zealand Division on the right. Objective Red Dotted Line.
11.00am - 15 R War R with one section of 5th M.G Bn attached moved off from assembly area
2.30pm - 15 R War R with M.G section move to assembly area east of Achiet-le-Petit
4.00pm - Battn HQ in position and established at G.14.c.3.3
7.05pm - Verbal orders, 13th Inf Brigade will carry out an immediate attack with 1st R W Kent Reg on the right, 14 R War R in the centre and 15 R War R on the left. 15 R War R will attack and capture high ground commanding Grevillers. Assembly area G21.a & b. Zero hour 7.30pm
7.50pm - B Coy of the right C on the left carry out the attack, D in support, A in reserve. Coys move forthwith to assembly area in time to close with barrage.
8.45pm - Objective gained and consolidation begun.
List of Casualties 2 officers and 3 other ranks wounded.
24th Aug 1918 - Achiet-le-Petit: Situation
15 R War R in touch with 14 R War R on the right. Patrols sent out but no British troops to be found on the left. Defensive flanks formed with D Coy. Line runs approximately G.29.a & C. Bttn HQ G.28 central.
List of Casualties - 1 Officer and 28 other ranks wounded, 7 OR killed and 14 OR missing. END
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| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| 25 Aug 1887 at Warwick | 18 Sep 1887 at Warwick, St. Mary |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Richard and Sarah Ann Essex | 26 Station Street, Foleshill |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1887 - 3 Lamas Walk, Warwick | 1891 - Scholar |
| 1891 - 3 Lamas Walk, Warwick | 1901 - Not known |
| 1901 - 28a Saltisford, Warwick (family not Walter) | 1902 - Drummer in Royal Warwickshire Regt |
| 1902 - 14 West Rock, Saltisford | 1911 - Cycle Wheelmaker |
| 1911 - 26 Station Street, Foleshill | 1914 - Worker at the Rover Company |
| 1914 - 26 Station Street, Foleshill | |
- Walter is not listed with the family on the 1901 census and we have yet to find him elsewhere on the census.
- Walter served as a Drummer Boy with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment from 13 Aug 1902 to 2 May 1903. He joined aged 14
- Warwick War Memorial Project Biography