Basic Details
Surname
Elger
Forenames
Walter Bernard
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
31718
Notes
The Roll lists his address as Alderman's Drive. It lists his regimental number as 31718; whilst that had been the number he had formerly served under while in the Northumberland Fusiliers, it had changed to 46060 when he transferred to the Durham Light Infantry.

(N.B. The Roll is known to include numerous errors, including: misspelt names and inaccurate date/place of death, service number/ rank/ military unit etc; several casualties were mistakenly listed on it twice [i.e. under their true name and also the alias under which they served]; several other men were listed on it due to the mistaken belief they had died, whereas they had actually survived).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Durham Light Infantry
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
13th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Martinpinch
Country of burial
Not stated
Town of burial
Not stated on memorial
Cemetery
Not stated
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
28
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 28th Sept 1916 near Martinpinch on the Somme"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action