Name
Walter Seaton
1890
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/01/1919
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
35026
Royal Fusiliers
24th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Germany
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Berkhamsted Town Memorial, St Peter's Church Memorial, Berkhamsted
Pre War
Walter Seaton was born in 1890 in Berkhamsted, Herts, the son of Walter and Maria Seaton, and one of two children. He had a sister named Emily.
On the 1891 Census the family were living at Highfield Road, Berkhamsted where his father was working as a bricklayer's labourer. They remained there in 1901 but had moved to 23 Cross Oak Road, Berkhamsted by 1911.
He married Margaret Stockley on 25 September 1912 at Great Berkhamsted and they had a son Edward Walter on 10 March 1915.
His widow later lived at 49 Oak Road, Berkhamsted.
Wartime Service
He served with the 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.
Walter died on 23 January 1919 from 'a fever of uncertain origin whilst on active service' and is buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery.
Additional Information
His widow received a war gratuity of £16 and pay owing of £32 1s 10d. She also received a pension of £1 0s 5d a week for herself and her son.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
