Private Walter Grew, 35830
- Batt - 2/4
- Unit - King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- Section -
- Date of Birth - 1898
- Died - 27/11/1917
- Age -
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ContributeSource: Leicestershire War Memorials Project. The following information was kindly submitted to the project by V Kendrick in 2016:
"Walter was the youngest child of Samuel Henry Grew and Eliza(beth) EAMES (married 1879). Born in 1898 (GRO ref. Ashby 7a 99 Jun 1898), he had 3 brothers and 4 sisters. In 1911, aged 12, he was living with his parents and 4 siblings at 83, Derby Road, Ashby. His mother Eliza died in 1938, aged 80, and his father in 1941, aged 83."
Coalville Times article - Friday July 13th, 1917
Pte. W. Grew (Ashby) of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry is reported wounded.
Research undertaken and submitted by Andy Murby 29/11/2017
- Conflict - World War I
- Unit - King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- Former Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Cambrai Mem., Louverval, France
- Born - Ashby De La Zouch, Leics
- Enlisted - Coalville, Leics
- Memorial - ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH MEM., LEICS
- Memorial - HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH, LEICS
