Walter Michael – Hinckley – Great Eastern Railway – Company Quarter Master Sergeant – 09/11/1918
Title
Walter Michael – Hinckley – Great Eastern Railway – Company Quarter Master Sergeant – 09/11/1918
Initials / forenames
Walter Michael
Surname
Hinckley
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Royal Engineers (Miners), 70th Field Company
Military rank
Company Quarter Master Sergeant
Military number
41410
Railway department
Parkeston Marine Shops
Railway job
Electrician
Date died
09/11/1918
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine: January 1919, p17
Memorial
Dovercourt (All Saints) Churchyard
Notes
Aged 46, Hinckley joined the GER on the 23rd October 1897. He was called up in August 1914, and was almost captured at Cambrai. He was discharged from army as being medically unfit. He rejoined his old position with GER on June 12th 1918, but left on August 3rd due to continued ill-health.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, Great Eastern Railway Magazine (Image: Great Eastern Railway Society), Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
05/09/2016
Last updated
05/09/2016
Citation
“Walter Michael – Hinckley – Great Eastern Railway – Company Quarter Master Sergeant – 09/11/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/53863.