Private Walter Elston

Army Number : 266019 (formerly 3481)

Battalion : 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Nottingham. Son of Walter and Martha Elston, 5, Wray Terrace, Clarence Street, Nottingham. Brother of Mr. A. Elston, of 99, Pym Street, Nottingham. He was a Grocer’s Porter prior to enlisting at Nottingham and went to France 28th June 1915. Died, 25th April 1917, at No. 7 Casualty Clearing Station of wounds received when a German 8 inch shell landed in the courtyard of Headquarters at Lievin, France.

Buried : Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row Q. Grave 9.

Private Walter Elston is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Bartholomew’s Church Roll of Honour (Nottinghamshire Archives) Nottingham.