Husband of Mrs. A. Litherland (formerly Davies), of 4, Henry Street, Tyldesley, Lancashire, formerly of 15, Lower Elliott Street, Tyldesley, Lancashire, and 2, Lower Green, Astley, Lancashire. Received a very slight shrapnel wound in August 1915. Killed when a cart he was travelling in got into a flooded river in France and he drowned. Service number reported as 1684 in BJ&G.
Davies, Walter T –
Personal details
- Surname: Davies
- Forename: Walter T
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Leigh, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Astley, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: Not known
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: December 12th, 1915
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.
- Service number: 1656
- Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Little Hulton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Astley Green Methodist Chapel WWI Tablet - Astley
- Loyal North Lancashire Regiment - 5th Battalion (Territorials) Memorial (Queen's Park) - Bolton
- CWGC Memorial: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
- CWGC reference: I. D. 125.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 20/08/1915 24/12/1915 25/08/1916 25/08/1916 25/08/1916
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6f 6g 6b 7c/g 8l*
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 24/12/1915