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Private Walter Redhead, of the 1/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, regimental number 2706, died of wounds 20 Sep 1916 aged 20.
Walter was born in Bridlington in 1895 the son of John Robert Redhead, born Bridlington a fisherman and Elizabeth (nee Martin) born in Filey. By 1911 the family had moved to 1 Selinas Crescent, Rosemead Street, Hull, John now working as a mud-hopperman. John and Elizabeth married in 1888 and had five children, Harry, Walter, Herbert, Rose Maud, and Edward.
Walter enlisted in Beverley and was wounded and subsequently died of wounds along with many more men from the East Yorkshire Regiment in the Battle of Fler-Courcelette in Sep 1916. A report in the Beverley Guardian on 21 Oct 1916 stated he was the nephew of Mr and Mrs W Scrowston of Lairgate, Beverley. Walter`s grandmother Mrs Emily Martin put a touching tribute in the Roll of Honour in the Beverley Guardian on 21 Oct 1916.
Walter is buried in the Hielly Station Cemetery, France and is commemorated on the Beverley War Memorial, Hengate and on the East Yorkshire Regiment Memorial in the Beverley Minster.
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