South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave of Memorial |
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| France and Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Thiepval Memorial |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| After 1 Jan 1916 | Tredington | |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | Other War Memorials |
| Battle of Delville Wood (Somme) | After 24 July 1915 at Stratford on Avon | |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | |
| NW of Longueval | ||
Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)
Walter is listed as being killed in action on 23 Jul 1916 and on that day the Battalion were in front lines trenches at High Wood during very heavy fighting named after the nearby Delville Wood. The war diary for the day is transcribed below:
"This trench we were ordered to hold at all costs. Our front line was then held by C & D Coys under Captain Seilex and A & B Coys were in a reserve line under 2nd Lt O'Donnell.
- At 5.00 and 7.00am flares were burst over those positions. The enemy shelled our trenches heavily causing many casualties.
- At 9.45am Lt Col Henderson was killed and Captain Galkeyne? was immediately sent for from the transport. He arrived at 1.15pm. During the day we strengthened our positions.
- At 9.00pm we were ordered to send out a patrol to take the German strong point. This was done Lt Cairns taking out the patrol but before the shelling of the strong point ceased we were relieved by the 9th R. Welsh Fusiliers. We marched by Coys to Becourt Wood where we bivouaced".
Walter was killed during these actions.
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Bapitsm Date/Place |
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| Apr Qtr 1897 at Blackwell, Tredington | 25 Jul 1897 at Tredington |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| George and Emma COLLETT | Tredington |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1897 - Blackwell, Tredington | 1911 - Plough Boy |
| 1901 - Blackwell, Tredington | |
| 1911 - Blackwell, Tredington | |
| 1916 - Blackwell, Tredington |
