Basic Details
Surname
Bains
Forenames
Walter Edmund
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
20421
Notes
The Roll of Honour lists Walter Bains' home address as 10 Cromwell Road in Peterborough.

(CWGC records that Private W E Bains, regimental number 20421 died on 30/4/1918, and is buried in grave 6.2.2884 in Broadway Cemetery in Peterborough. His death and funeral were reported on 11/5/1918 in the Peterborough Advertiser, which stated he was the son of Mr J E Bains of Woodston and the husband of Kate Bains of Cromwell Road in Peterborough. It reported his age as 28 and stated he had enlisted about 3 years before, and had been in France for about 18 months. After being wounded by shrapnel on 21/3/1918, he had been brought back to the UK and taken to Taplow Hospital, where he had died from his injuries).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
7th Battalion
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
United Kingdom
Town of death
Taplow
Country of burial
Not stated on memorial
Town of burial
Not stated on memorial
Cemetery
Not stated on memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
April
Day of death
30
Manner of death as stated
Died of wounds at the Duchess of Connaught's Hospital in Taplow, Bucks.
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial