Lance Corporal 12202 Walter LONG
1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Died of Wounds, Friday 17th December 1915, Rouen Hospital, France, Age 38
Home address:
43 Hallbottom Place, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1878, Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:
Esther Long and Patrick Long
6 Cheapside, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Married to Sarah Hannah Long (née Broadbent)
43 Hallbottom Place, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire
Occupation:
Labourer
Enlisted:
Hyde, Cheshire
Remembered:
St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France, plot A, row 15, grave 25.
Link to Hyde:
Born in Hyde
Brother to Private 22694 John Long and Lance Corporal 20404 William Long.
The message on his CWGC gravestone, put there by his wife: