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Sapper Walter Heald

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Sapper Walter Heald Veteran

Birth
Ancoats, Metropolitan Borough of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
Death
4 Feb 1916 (aged 20–21)
France
Burial
Becordel-Becourt, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France Add to Map
Plot
I. J. 9.
Memorial ID
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Sapper Walter Heald of the Royal Engineers died from the effects of gas poisoning while mining.
Heald's home was in Pollard-street East Ancoats.
Before joining the Army he was employed as a collier at Bradford Colliery.
He was 21 years of age.
Sapper Walter Heald of the Royal Engineers died from the effects of gas poisoning while mining.
Heald's home was in Pollard-street East Ancoats.
Before joining the Army he was employed as a collier at Bradford Colliery.
He was 21 years of age.

Gravesite Details

Sapper, 185th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers. Age: Unknown.


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  • Maintained by: Family Friend
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 5, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55903663/walter-heald: accessed ), memorial page for Sapper Walter Heald (1895–4 Feb 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55903663, citing Becourt Military Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France; Maintained by Family Friend (contributor 47384645).