Lance Corporal Walter Daft, 15901
- Batt - 1
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Section -
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 20/09/1915
- Age - 28
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of John and Ann Daft. The War Diary records that on the 16th September the Battalion moved forward to Canal Bank and relieved 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment. 3½ Coys on Canal Bank, 1 Platoon in La Brique defences and 1 Platoon in Frascati moving to Wilsons Farm by night, todays entry reads:- Bomb accident during an hours instruction on Canal Bank. A Bethune bomb exploded while being put together, killed 2, wounded 7. 1 sick, 3 bullet wounds (digging parties) all A Coy.
- Conflict - World War I
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - La Brique Mil. Cem. No.1, St Jean-les-ypres, Belgium
- Born - Quorn, Leics
- Enlisted - Loughborough, Leics
- Place of Residence - 26 Quorn Terrace, Quorn, Leicestershire, England
- Memorial - QUORN MEM., LEICS
