WALTER RICHARD HARVEY
Born: 20th October 1894, Camberwell, Surrey.
Baptised: 13th January 1895 – Camberwell, Surrey – parents: Emma & Robert Harvey, a Bricklayer.
Died: 31st July 1915; age 20; KiA.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Date of Entry Therein: 27th April 1915 – France.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 16782.
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 2nd Battalion.
Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1915 Star.
Grave Reference:
I.B.22.
West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Mr R. Harvey, of 25, High Street, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1901 44, Wallace Road, Ipswich.
Walter was 6 years old and living with his widowed father & brothers.
Robert Harvey, 54, a Greengrocer – employer – at home, born Ipswich.
Frederick Albert Harvey, 14, a Greengrocer’s Assistant – at home, born Camberwell, Surrey.
George Harvey, 13, born Camberwell.
Harry Harvey, 8, born Camberwell.
1911 26, Wallace Road, Ipswich.
Walter was 16 years old, an Errand Boy – Fish Merchant. He was living with his father & brother.
Robert, 63, a Marine Store Dealer – own acoount.
Harry, 18, an Ostler – Job Master.
Walter’s mother was Emma Harvey (nee Pitcher), born 1850, Colchester, Essex – died 1897, Ipswich.
Soldiers’ Effects to Robert Harvey – father.
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