Feniton WW1 Walter HALLETT
Walter was born 29 Nov 1886, in the parish of
Gittisham son of John James Hallett and his wife Elizabeth nee Newbury. Sometime
between 1886 and 1891 the family left Gittisham, moving to Newton St Cyres
where we found them on the 1891 census.
In the 1901 census they were living at Salmon Hutch
Crediton. Walter was employed as a Gardener aged 14, his father was a Foreman
Platelayer on the Railway.
The 1911 census finds him visiting with the Steer family of 3 West View Fraddon Crediton.
By now he is working on the railway as a Porter.
According to his Service Record he was 6 ft 1 in tall. He
was employed on the railway from 27 February 1911 at Sampford Courtenay as a
porter on 15/- per week.
It does not state this on his record but according to the
Honiton Deanery Magazine he was in Feniton when he was called up. The record
states he was called up on 4 August 1914 to the Army Reserve to the Coldstream Guards
Sadly he was killed in action on 14 September 1914, aged 27
and single.
He is commemorated on the Crediton War Memorial and the Common
Wealth Graves Commission memorial at La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre. The date of death puts him in the action in the First Battle
of the Aisne.
La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre
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