Basic Details
Surname
Fellows
Forenames
Walter
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Fellowes
Served or died
Died
Service number
12959
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 11 St Leonard's Street. It misspells his surname as "Fellows"; it was actually Fellowes.

(CWGC records that Serjeant Walter Fellowes, regimental number 12959, died on 9/5/1915 while serving in the 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial in France. Walter Fellowes' birth was registered in Peterborough in 1891; he was baptised as Walter Fellowes on 20/9/1895 at St John's Church in Peterborough. On the 1901 census he was aged 10, living with his parents and siblings at 11 St Leonard's Street, and was still living with them at that address on the 1911 census. His Army service file records him as Walter Fellowes, and that he was serving in the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment when he enlisted in the Regular Army on 27/5/1908 under regimental number 4030; his regimental number changed to 12959. He served in the UK until 26/5/1913. The Medal Index Card records that he was posted to France on 27/1/1915, and that died on 9/5/1915. In addition to being misspelt on the Roll of Honour, his surname is also misspelt as 'Fellows' in the Book of Remembrance at Peterborough Cathedral. His brother Albert Edward Fellowes, who was serving in the 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, died on the same day as Walter, also at Aubers Ridge; he too is recorded on the Roll of Honour and in the Book of Remembrance under the misspelt surname 'Fellows').
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Sergt
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
Aubers Ridge
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1915
Month of death
May
Day of death
9
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action at Aubers Ridge
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
11, ST, LEONARDS ST
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial