George Walters

Memorial: Coalpit Heath - St Saviour's Church

Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment

Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal

Rank and number: Private 20122

Parents: Mark and Harriet Walters

Home address: Mill House, Frampton Cotterell, Bristol

Date of birth: 1893

Place of birth: Frampton Cotterell, Bristol

Date of death: 23/03/1918

Buried/Commemorated at: Pozieres Memorial (Ref: Panel 40 and 41), France

Age: 25

Further information:

George Walters was born in 1893 at Frampton Cotterell, the son of Mark and Harriet Walters of Mill House, Ryecroft Road, Frampton Cotterell (next to the old windmill). His siblings were Bessie, Elsie, Albert and Doris. His father who had been born in Westerleigh worked as a coal miner

George served with the 14th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment, as Private 20122. He was killed on the 23rd March 1918 and is remembered on the Pozieres Memorial (Ref: Panel 40 and 41), France

George Walters is remembered on the Frampton Cotterell Zion Church War Memorial and the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre under Coalpit Heath

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

Yate and District Heritage Centre and Forces War Records