Basic Details
Surname
Heaton
Forenames
Walter
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Honours
Military Medal
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler add the extra detail. He had worked as a guard on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway before enlisting in August 1914. Besides his Military Medal, he was recommended for the DCM three times before being wounded in the leg on 10th August. The leg was amputated on the 14th but he died of his wounds (not, as the grave states, KIA).
Primary Service
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
Somme
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
August
Day of death
17
Age at death
29
Manner of death as stated
Killed In Action
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial