Walter William Stanley – Dance – Great Western Railway – Private – 16/05/1916
Title
Walter William Stanley – Dance – Great Western Railway – Private – 16/05/1916
Initials / forenames
Walter William Stanley
Surname
Dance
Railway company
Great Western Railway
Military unit
Royal Berkshire Regiment, 1st/4th Battalion
Military rank
Private
Military number
2656
Railway department
Signal Department, Reading
Railway job
Machinist
Date died
16/05/1916
Magazine reference
Great Western Railway Magazine July 1916, p169. Photo: September 1916, p212
Memorial
Hebuterne Military Cemetery
Notes
Aged 19, son of Mr & Mrs W J Dance of West End, Chadlington, Charlbury, Oxon. Native of Reading. Dance entered the GWR Company's service in November 1911.<br /><br />The GWR Magazine reports that he was 18 when he died.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway), Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
16/08/2017
Last updated
16/08/2017
Citation
“Walter William Stanley – Dance – Great Western Railway – Private – 16/05/1916,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/57942.