Walter Meakin
Service Number
5082
Military Unit
2nd Bn Royal Irish Rifles
Date of birth
06 May 1880
Date of Death
22 Jan 1917 (36 Years Old)
Place of Birth
Derby
Employment, Education or Hobbies
Formerly a cab man, he joined the Midland Railway Police as a constable on 2nd August 1907 and was stationed at Nottingham.
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- Military History
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Family History
He was the husband of Mary (née Kelly) Meakin and the father of Archer, William and Henriette Meakin. In 1911 they lived at 7, Imperial Road, Beeston, Nottingham.
Military History
He volunteered at the beginning of the war and was initially recruited to the 17th Lancers as a Trooper on 7 September 1914, later transferring to the Royal Irish Rifles. He is buried in the Berks Cemetery Extension Belgium Grave Reference: l.K.9
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