Name
Walter Herbert Lenney
1889
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/10/1916
26
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Pioneer
37818
Royal Engineers
30th Special Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
V. C. 22.
France
Headstone Inscription
REST IN PEACE
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Bishop's Stortford memorials,
Cambridge Guildhall War Memorial,
St Philips War Memorial, Camb.
Pre War
Walter Herbert Lenney was born In Cambridge in 1889 to Bennett and Amelia Lenny. On the 1891 Census they were living in 6 Mill Street, Cambridge where his father was a carpenter. They moved to 98 Argyle Street, Cambridge in 1901. His father died in 1901 and his mother in 1905. On the 1911 Census he was already a serving soldier with 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment and living in barracks.
Wartime Service
Walter initially served in France as a Private in the 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment from 6 October 1914. He later transferred to the Royal Engineers. He died of wounds at a Casualty Clearing Station (the 36th, 38th and 2nd London CCS were all in the area at the time)
Additional Information
His sister, Sarah A Johnson, and sole legatee, received a war gratuity of £12 10s and pay owing of £28 10s 11d.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
