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Walter Dunmall

1880 - 12/04/1918
CWGC Memorial: Ploegsteert Memorial
Other Memorials: St Mary's Church, Bromley

Place of birth: Farningham, Kent
Last known address in Bromley: 49 Plaistow Grove

Military information

Regiment/Service: Middlesex Regiment
Battalion/Ship: 20th Bn
Rank: Private
Number: G/40415

Family information

Parents: George & Ellen Dunmall (nee Gower)
Parents' occupation: Agricultural labourer
Siblings: Female (d), Frederick George, Harry, Emily Ellen, Louisa Annie, Lottie Ellen, Mary Janet, George Edward, Lilian Florence
Wife: Martha Jane Lee
Marriage date: 29-06-1902
Children: George Walter, Frederick (d)

Census information

1891
Address: Sparepenny Lane, Farningham
1901
Address: 12 Plaistow Grove
Occupation: Carman
1911
Address: 49 Plaistow Grove
Occupation: Builder's carman

Extra details

Walter was the fourth of George and Ellen Dunmall's ten children, he was baptised on 8th April 1883 with his younger sister Emily. By 1901 Walter had left Farningham to live in Bromley with his cousin Harry Dunmall. He married Martha Jane Lee on 29th February 1902, they had two sons but unfortunately the youngest died when he was just four.

Walter enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment on 6th December 1915. He was 5ft 6ins tall and weighed 130lbs.After training he was sent to Etaples on 28th September 1916 where, on 9th November he received a gunshot wound to his right leg, returning to England on 17th. He was sent back to the Front on 19th May 1917. He was reported missing on 12th April 1918.


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