Maden Walter Private 102543

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Surname: Maden;

Forename(s): Walter;

Initials: W;

Number: 102543;

Rank: Private;

Born in: Burnley;

Enlisted in: Burnley;

Resided in: Harle Syke;

Previous Number: 37433;

Previous Regiment: E Lanc Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 238 Coy;

How killed: DOW;

Where: France;

When killed: 27-Sep-1917;

Other Data: PIN82/124(FMP)
Greater Burnley Roll of Honour: 10 Duke St, Burnley
Photo: GS Archives
the following official telegram:—'' Regret to
report your hushand died Sept. 27tb with
gunshot wound in the forehead.”
The deceased soldier, who was I'> years of
age. And leaves a widow and one child aged
fourteen months, was an only son. And
had lived in liarle Syke since he was
fifteen, and was the adopted son of
Mr. and Mrs. Dixon. 109, Burnley-! Oad.
He had been a.tackier at the Wa!sh»w
Manufacturing Rods mill for the pa«t six
years, and be had previously been a weaver
there since a youth. He was connected with
the Wesleyan Church at Uarle Syke. Pte.
Maden joined up on February 15, and went
out on July 15.
Second-Lieut. A. Dun ton writes to Mrs
Maden as follows: — “Dear madam,—You
will have received by now the official inrima-
tjon that your husband has died of wounds
1 hospital. I cannot properly express my
sympathy with you in your great sorrow.
It i6 a grief to me to lose some of the best
of the men in my section, and the only con-
solation is that they had played an un-
doubtedly gallant part in a successful opera-
tion. Your husband was always cheery,
and was very popular with his fellows. He
received a shrapnel wound in the head, and
was unconscious when we took him to the
dressing station, where he received imme-
diate medical attention, and I had hoped
that his wound would prove to he less serious
than we feared.”;

Other Notes: MADEN, Private, W, 102543. 238th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 27th September 1917. Husband of Mrs. E. Maden, of 10, Duke St., Harle Syke, Burnley, Lancs. I. J. 1. Godewaersvelde British Cemetery - Nord, France.;

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