Service Number
9086
Rank
Lance Corporal
Firstname
Walter
Lastname
Sowen
Battalion
2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
Notes
Attested 25 February 1909 – 1st Battalion Granted 1st Good Conduct Badge 25 January 1911 – Draft to 1st Battalion to 2nd Battalion sailed on HTS Rewa 03 March 1911 – 2nd Battalion awarded 3rd Class Certificate of Education Fyazabad 25 July 1911 – Awarded 2nd Class Certificate of Education 26 September 1913 – Granted 2nd Good Conduct Badge 25 February 1914 – Medal Index Card entered France 15 January 1915 – Photo Greens Almanac – Photo and write up
Birthplace
Beverley
Enlisted
Beverley
Residence
Beverley
How Died
Killed in Action
Memorial
Commemorated on the Menin Gate Ypres Memorial Ieper Belgium.
Date Died
05-May-15