Private 17187 Walter COURT

Private 17187 Walter Court{gallery}Pte W Court{/gallery}2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Formerly Pte 16748 Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Killed in action in Gallipoli, 6th August 1915, aged 23

• Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 125-134, 223-226 and/or 228-229
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Richard and Martha Court [nee Beesley]. 
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nether Whitacre
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Court
• NNWFHS Nether Whitacre War Memorial Page
• Helles Memorial
• Hampshire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born 30 Oct 1891 in Fillongley.
  
• Lived at The Uplands, Over Whitacre [1911]
  
• Employed as a farm labourer [1911]
• Enlisted in Birmingham and started service on 17 July 1915 with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
• It appears that Walter died on his first day of action at Ravine Gully. He has no known grave….more details from the Nether Whitacre Digital Archive here