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WALTER LANCASTER
Kingston upon Hull HU3 2EE
England
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF EMMA & PAGE LANCASTER.A WAREHOUSMAN, FOR A HULL PAPER MERCHANT (1911 CENSUS). B HIS STEP FATHER JAMES POLE LIVED AT 1 ETON TERRACE, CAMBRIDGE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/09/1918, AGED 27.
HE IS BURIED AT ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "DEATH DIVIDES BUT MEMORY CLINGS - FROM MOTHER BROTHERS AND SISTER"
Somme 80100
Hauts-de-France
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