Private 8268 Walter Dorrill
Regiment/Unit: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - 2nd Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Date Entered Therein: 14/08/1914
Age at death: 22
Date of death: 21st of October 1914
Born: Laithbury, Bucks
Resided: Folkestone, Kent
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 37 and 39.
Census details:
1891 - Walter 2 is living with his parents Joseph 31, Annie 33 and siblings Emma 12, William 8, George 6 and Joseph 4 at Lathbury, Buckinghamshire 1901 - Walter E 11 is living with his parents Joseph 42, Annie 43 and siblings William J 18, George J 16, Joseph 14, Bertie W 9, Arthur T 6, Albert R 4, Florence A 3 and Ernest C 10 months at The Village, Lathbury, Buckinghamshire 1911 Walter Edward 22 is serving as a soldier Pte 2nd Bn Oxfordshire and Buckingham Light Inf based at Shorncliffe Camp, Kent
Notes:
Walter is remembered on the War Memorial in All Saints, Lathbury, Buckinghamshire
Walter is remembered on the War Memorial in All Saints, Lathbury, Buckinghamshire
[pic]gallery_shroh/Dorrell_Walt.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/DorrillWalter_8268.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private Walter Dorrill on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
(Photograph courtesy of David Eyre.)[/caption]
