Sapper 175693 Walter Doyle

BMD details:
Marriage: 21/12/1901 Walter Doyle to Kate Louisa Turner (widow) at Featherstone, All Saints. Vol 9c - Page 195. Grooms Father's Name: Edward Doyle. Brides Father's Name: Thomas Prescott. The couple seem to be separated before 1911 and although he names Kate at enlistment she cannot be found.

Family details:
Address at enlistment: 23 Dorothy Street, Thatto Heath, St Helens.

Census details:
1881 - 2 years old Walter is living at 40 Loscoe Grove, Normanton with parents Edward (29), Maria (24) and two siblings: Catherine (4), Edward (5 mths). 1891 - 12 years old 'Pony Driver in Pit' Walter is living at 64 Wilkinson Street, Normanton with widowed mother Maria (33) and three siblings: Kate (14), Patrick (8), Leo (6). 1901 - 22 years old 'Coal Miner - Hewer' Walter is living at 14 Albion Street, Pontefract with remarried mother and family. The household consisted of stepfather John Sennett (45), mother Maria Sennett (44) and siblings: Patrick Doyle (18), Leo Doyle (16) and half sister Elizabeth Sennett (7). 1911 - Sees 31 years old married 'Coal Miner - Dataler' Walter boarding at 4 Tannery Cottages, Elephant Lane, St Helens with the Guest family: Henry Guest (41), Emma Guest (38), Thomas Henry Guest (15), Elsie Guest (9), Lillian Emma Guest (3), Harriet Ada Guest (7 mths).

Notes:
Not listed on the St Helens Cenotaph. Age taken from census.

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Doyle_Walt_175693.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/DoyleW_REs.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Sapper Walter Doyle at Vermelles British Cemetery (Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]