THE  DOVER WAR MEMORIAL  PROJECT

Service Record Notes

WALTER, EDWARD JAMES

Short Service

Attestation of
G/9460 – Walter Edward James – Corps. Middlesex Regiment.
Edward James Walter.
161, Heathfield Avenue, Dover.
Age – 35 years – 9 months.
Occupation – Miner.
 
Enlisted 21^st March 1915, Dover.
 
Next of Kin – Emily Eliza Walter, 161 Heathfield Avenue, Dover, wife.
 
Particulars of Marriage.
Emily Eliza Bowman – spinster – Charlton-in-Dover – 26^th March 1899 – 161, Heathfield Avenue, Dover.
 
Particulars of Children.
George Alexander – 11 August 1899, Dover
Fred Ernest (?) Walter – 1^st July 1901, Dover
William Henry, 1^st May 1902, Dover.
Jessie Emma Margaret – 27 January 1906, Dover.
Emily – 12 July 1907, Dover.
Daisy Annie – 12 December 1908, Dover.
Helen – 10 July 1911, Dover.
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Joined at Mill Hill, 25-3-15.
Midd. Depot - Attested Pte. 21-3-15.
Posted - 26-3-15.
Posted – 17-8-15.
 
Home – 21-3-15 to 6-8-15.
B.E.F. France – 17-8-15 to 25-1-1916.
 
Killed in action – place not staked, 25-1-1916.
 
Mrs E. E. Walter.
Shamrock House, Woodnestown, Sandwich.
I hereby acknowledge the receipt of the British War and Victory medal, granted in respect of the service of Pte. E. J. Walter.
Signature, (it looks like G. A. Walter )