Name
Walter John Webb
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
06/05/1916
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Driver
1838
Royal Engineers
3rd/1st East Anglian Signal Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LILLEY (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD
West of Church.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Lilley Village Memorial
Pre War
Son of Edward and Emma Webb, from Luton.
Wartime Service
Served in Gallipoli.
Additional Information
Walter's headstone (not CWGC) bears the inscription:
IN REMEMBRANCE OF NEW PARAGRAPH WALTER JAUNE WEBB SON OF EDWARD AND EMMA WEBB OF LUTON AND LIGHT DRIVER OF THE 54TH. EE. A FULL STOP DV. SIGNAL CEO. ARE. HE. WHO DIED MAY 7TH 1916 AGED 19 YEARS.
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
THIS STONE WAS ERECTED AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT BY HIS COMRADES WITH WHOM HE SERVED AT GALLIPOLI.
Acknowledgments
Jo Bayley
Jonty Wild
