Private Walter Burkitt

Army Number: 71148

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived in Nottingham. Son of John and Emma Burkitt, Husband of Mary J. Burkitt, of 10, Leicester Street, Nottingham. He was a wallpaper warehouseman prior to enlisting at Nottingham. Died of wounds, 24th April 1917, aged 31, whilst a prisoner of war. 

Buried : Caudry British Cemetery, France. Plot 4. Row C. Grave 2.

Private Walter Burkitt is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Anne’s Church Men’s Institute War Memorial, st. Anne’s Library, Nottingham. 
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.