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Surname: STRICKLAND
Forename(s): Walter
Place of Birth: Barnoldswick, Yorkshire
Service No: 165706
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Labour Corps
Battalion / Unit: 520th (H.S.) Employment Coy
Division: ---
Age: 36
Date of Death: 1919-07-01
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: BARNOLDSWICK (ST. MARY-LE-GHYLL) CHURCHYARD
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Walter Strickland (born 8 January 1883) was the son of Alfred and Elizabeth Strickland, née Dickinson. Alfred was born at Barnoldswick and Elizabeth at Wigglesworth, Yorkshire. Walter was the brother-in-law of Driver James Halstead (T/293646) (q.v.).
1891 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 5, Railway Street - Walter Strickland, aged 8 years, born Barnoldswick, son of Alfred and Elizabeth Strickland.
1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 50, Mosley Street - Walter Strickland, age 18 years, born Barnoldswick, son of Alfred and Elizabeth Strickland.
Walter was married to Eleanor Smith in 1906. Eleanor died in 1911. Their daughter, Marion Lois, born 16 October1907, married Sidney Merrall in 1930.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 10, Powell Street - Walter Strickland, aged 28 years, born Barnoldswick, husband of Eleanor Strickland.
The British Army Service Record for Walter Strickland exists but may be incomplete.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Walter. Date and cause of death: 1.7.19. Discharged. Tuberculosis both Lungs. Widow: Eleanor (deceased). Address: 50, Morley [sic] Street, Barnoldswick, Yorks.
A short biography of Walter is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private Walter STRICKLAND
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Labour Corps
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