Private 622440 Walter STEELE

Private 622440 Walter Steele{gallery}Pte W Steele{/gallery}43rd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Canadian Infantry

Killed in action in France and Flanders, 16th August 1918, aged 26.

• Buried: Roye New British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave III.A.3
  
• Awarded: Not yet established
  
• Son of Charles and Kate Steele of 37 High Street, Polesworth
• NNWFHS Memorial: Polesworth St Editha
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Steele
• NNWFHS Polesworth War Memorial Page
• Roye New British Cemetery
• Cameron Highlanders of Canada
• Canadian Book of Remembrance for Pte Steele
• SS Lake Champlain

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born 4 June 1893 in Burbage.
  
• Previously employed as a coal miner / pony driver at Birch Coppice Colliery [1911]
  
• Lived at Kitchens Bridge, Grendon [1911]
  
• Arrived in Quebec Canada on 7 May 1912 aboard the SS Lake Champlain. Listed occupation as farm work and was heading to Mowbray, BC.
  
• Enlisted Canadian Army on 15th April 1915 at Portage La Prairie, Manitoba [Enlistment Papers]
  
• Described as 5′ 7″ fair skinned with blue eyes and brown hair [Enlistment Papers]