Walter Gatenby

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
163829
Unit at enlistment: 
84th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
April 9th, 1917
Cemetery: 
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - Pas de Calais, France - 6.B.17.
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
West Yorkshire
Birth city: 
Leeds
Address at enlistment: 
22 Oak Street, Toronto, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
22 Oak Street, Toronto, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Decorator
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
26

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. Whilst taking part in an attack on Vimy Ridge he was hit in the head by a rifle bullet and instantly killed.

BX May 7, 1917

In a late casualty list today two more local men are reported killed in action: Private Walter Gatenby of 153 Northumberland Street, Brantford and Private R.D. Newbrook of Paris. Private Newbrook went through a draft from the 38th Regiment in August 1915.