Walter Thomas Dowsell
Memorial: Coalpit Heath - St Saviour's Church
Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 12647
Parents: Thomas and Hester Dowsell (nee Gleed)
Home address: Coalpit Heath, Bristol
Date of birth: 1885
Place of birth: Old Sodbury, Bristol
Date of death: 28/08/1915
Buried/Commemorated at: Norfolk Cemetery, Ref: I. A. 4.,Becordel-Becourt, France
Age: 30
Further information:
Walter Thomas Dowsell was born in 1887 the son of Thomas and Hester Dowsell and brother to Frederick Dowsell who also died in the war. His parents married in 1886 and his mother died in 1896 aged 35. His father remarried Fanny Bezer in 1898
Walter served with the 6th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) as Private 12647. Walter died in France on the 28th of August 1915, at the age of 28 years. He is buried in the Norfolk Cemetery, Ref: I. A. 4.,Becordel-Becourt, France
Frederick is remembered along side his brother on the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now in Yate and District Heritage Centre
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre and Forces War Records