Name
Walter Street
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
05/07/1916
29
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
21022
Border Regiment
8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier/Face 6A
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Stevenage Old Town Memorial, St Nicholas' Church Memorial, Stevenage Old Town, Holy Trinity Church Memorial Roll of Honour, Stevenage Old Town
Pre War
Walter was the son of William & Emily Street later of 16 High Street, Stevenage, but at Walter's death his father was reported to live in Grove Road, Stevenage.
Wartime Service
Walter arrived in France on the 22nd August 1915.
He served for almost a year on the Western Front when his unit became involved in the Battle of the Somme. The Battalion, part of the 75th Brigade of the 25th Division, were involved in the very heavy fighting around the village of Thiepval and Walter had survived the first day of the battle, when the British army suffered some 60,000 casualties. The conditions were ghastly and eyewitnesses recalled that that the bodies of the dead were still lying on the battlefield many days later. The fighting was both intense and chaotic and originally he was posted as wounded and missing in the Battle of Loos. Therefore, it is not known at what point he was killed. He has no known grave and his name is recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Additional Information
www.stevenageatwar.com His brother, Frederick George, died in Egypt in 1918 whilst serving with the Royal Artillery but his name has not been recorded on the Stevenage War Memorial.
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
