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26/03/1882 - 09/12/1917

Place of birth: Welwyn, Hertfordshire
Last known address in Bromley: 51 Wharton Road

Military information

Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion/Ship: D Bty, 256th Bde
Rank: Driver
Number: 207863

Family information

Parents: James Robert & Susanna Eliza Bagnall (nee Burnall)
Parents' occupation: Bootmaker
Siblings: Amelia Ann (d), Maria Frances (Marion), James William, Charles Robert, William, Cecil Thomas (d), Arthur, Rose Alice (d), Henry George, Florence Beatrice Marion, Rose Annie (d)
Wife: Violet Keen
Marriage date: 03-08-1903
Children: Walter Arthur, Ivy May

Census information

1891
Address: 42 Mann St, Newington
1901
Address: 197 Borough High Street
Occupation: Barman
1911
Address: 52 Nelgarde Road, Catford
Occupation: Milk Trade

Extra details

Walter was the 10th of James Robert and Susanna Eliza Bagnall’s twelve children. Walter started work as a barman but had become a milkman by the time he married Violet Keen in 1903 at All Saints, South Lambeth. Walter and Violet moved to Bromley sometime after 1911 where Walter became foreman of the milk department of Bromley Cooperative Stores.

He joined up in February 1917, going to the front in May. The Bromley & District Times states that Violet was left with three young children but only two have been identified. Violet died herself in 1920. She also lost two brothers, one in the army the other in the navy.