Name
Walter Edward Revill
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/07/1916
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
266554
Hertfordshire Regiment
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
V. E. 35.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford, Not on the Sawbridgeworth memorials, Hatfield Heath War Memorial
Pre War
Walter was the son of Charles and Sarah Revill, born at Hatfield Broad Oak in early 1893.
In the 1911 census Walter Revill lived and worked in this village as a ‘Farm Labourer’. He married Sarah Ann Biscoe there in early 1916. She also lived at Hatfield Broad Oak.
Walter Revill’s connection to Sawbridgeworth is through his wife Sarah, she also had an Aunt, Martha Biscoe, who lived at 6 Station Road.
Wartime Service
Walter enlisted in the 1st Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment.
From 8-24 July 1916, this unit was in the trenches near Festubert. There was no major action, but during this time the Battalion lost 12 killed through general attrition. One of those killed, on 23 July 1916, was Walter Revill. He was aged 23.
Walter Revill is buried at Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France. He is named on the Hatfield Heath War Memorial.
Additional Information
After his death his wife Sarah Ann Revill, was recorded at 37, West Rd., Sawbridgeworth, Herts.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild, Douglas Coe
