Private Walter Flint

Army Number: 21412

Battalion: 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Glossop, Derbyshire and lived at New Mills, Derbyshire. Husband of Annie Longden (formerly Flint), of 16, Emily Street, Marple, Cheshire. He was employed at Birch Vale Calico Printing Works prior to enlisting at Buxton., Derbyshire. He went to France on 17th August 1915 and died, on 18th October 1915, aged 25, at No. 10 Casualty Clearing Station, Remy Siding, Belgium, from wounds received by German shelling, whilst working in the trenches near Ypres.

Buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 1. Row B. Grave 21A.

Private Walter Flint is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
New Mills War Memorial, New Mills, Derbyshire.
All Saints Church War Memorial, Marple, Cheshire.
Marple War Memorial, Marple, Cheshire