Walter KEIGHTLEY

Main CPGW Record

Surname: KEIGHTLEY

Forename(s): Walter

Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire

Service No: C/1216

Rank: Rifleman

Regiment / Corps / Service: King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Battalion / Unit: 16th (Service) Battalion. (Church Lads Brigade)

Division: 33rd Division

Age: 19

Date of Death: 1916-07-15

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Walter Keightley was the son of William and Margaret Jane Keightley, née Williams. William was born at Clifton, Bedfordshire and Margaret at Liverpool, Lancashire.

1901 Denholme, Yorkshire Census: Foreside Bottom - Walter Keightley, aged 4 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, son of William and Margaret Jane Keightley.

1911 Denholme, Yorkshire Census: Croft Cottages, Denholme Gate - Walter Keightley, aged 14 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, son of William and Marget Jane Keightley.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Walter Keightley, C.1216, K. R. Rif. C.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Walter Keightley, C.1216,16th K. R. Rif. C.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Walter Keightley, C/1216, 16th Bn. K.R.R.C. Date and Place of Death: On or since 15.7.16. Death presumed. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - William. £11 10s. 5d.

Walter is commemorated on the Denholme War Memorial.

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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