Walter George – Piper – Great Eastern Railway – Able Seaman – 21/03/1918
Title
Walter George – Piper – Great Eastern Railway – Able Seaman – 21/03/1918
Initials / forenames
Walter George
Surname
Piper
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
RNVR, Royal Naval Division, Drake Battalion
Military rank
Able Seaman
Military number
1157
Railway department
GER Fire Brigade
Railway job
Acting Fireman
Date died
21/03/1918
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine, June 1918, p126
Memorial
Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport
Notes
Age 19, the son of Walter and Emily Piper of Lowestoft. Joined the GER on 19 July 1915 at Lowestoft. Enlisted in the Royal Naval Division as an able seaman in April 1917, and went to France in January 1918. While serving as a Lewis gunner he was gassed on 16 March and died 5 days later.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (image: Great Eastern Railway Society)
Date entered
05/09/2016
Last updated
05/09/2016
Citation
“Walter George – Piper – Great Eastern Railway – Able Seaman – 21/03/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 16, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/48160.