KEY Walter

  • First Name(s):
    Walter 
  • Surname:
    KEY
  • Service Number:
    47200
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Northumberland Fusiliers
  • Battalion:
    4th Battalion
  • Unit:
    1st/4th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    4th October 1918
  • Age At Death:
    21
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated in Worms (Hochheim Hill) Cemetery, Germany, Screen Wall.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Stephen and Hannah Key, 4 Lombard St., Stourport, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

KEY Walter Is Named On These Memorials

Stourport High School formerly in Stourport Boys School
Stourport War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Stourport War Memorial with the information: Pte

Further Information About KEY Walter

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

Walter Key, 47200, 1st/4th Northumberland Fusiliers, 4 Lombard Street, appears on the Absent Voters List for Stourport 1918.

There is memorial tablet in Stourport (Lower Mitton) St. Michael churchyard, which states he was taken prisoner on 27th May 1918 and died in captivity at Worms hospital, Germany.  The tablet is on the grave of Thomas Key who died 5th October 1917, aged 18.

Source for additional information: Kidderminster Times 23rd November 1918.

An obituary for Walter Key appears in the Stourport Parish Magazine for December 1918.

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Credits: Researched by Adrian Carter. Cathedral roll of honour books researched by Sandra Taylor.