Private 20946 Walter GROOM

Private 20946 Walter Groom{gallery}Pte W Groom{/gallery}7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
Killed in action in the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), France and Flanders, 1st October 1917, aged 19

• Buried: New Irish Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave XXXIV.A.20
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Charles and Eliza Groom
• NNWFHS Memorial: Chilvers Coton Boys School | Chilvers Coton All Saints | Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Groom
• New Irish Farm Cemetery
• Leicestershire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born Apr Qtr 1898 at Attleborough.
• Baptised 1 May 1898 at Chilvers Coton
• Lived at Attleborough [1901]
  
• Lived at Church Cottages, Avenue Road, Nuneaton [1911]
  
• Was a schoolboy in 1911