TERRY Walter Poole
Walter Poole TERRY
Lance Corporal 266022,
6th Bn. Welsh Regiment.
(Served as Private 2615 in Welsh Regiment)
Died 10th March 1919, aged 30
Buried at OYSTERMOUTH CEMETERY, Grave K.43
His brother Arthur , became an electrical engineers surveyor, then moved to Oystermouth with his wife and family
Walter married for the first time, in Leeds Sep qtr 1907, but his wife sadly, soon died.
Walter Poole TERRY
1911 Walter who was working as a builders clerk, was living with his brother and family in Mumbles. He was shown as a widower
They had a domestic servant , living with them, Robina (Ruby) Margaret ROGERS (b Mumbles Mar qtr 1892) who Walter soon marries in Dec qtr 1911, of 41, Woodville Rd., Mumbles,
Father of three sons, William R Jun qtr 1912 and twins Charles Dec qtr 1914 and George Dec qtr 1914
Son of George Poole TERRY, an iron turner, and his wife Mary, both from Leeds
Born Leeds, Yorkshire, March qtr 1889. Brother of Sarah Anne, b. 1871, Arthur Poole, b. 1879, Ernest Poole, b. 1882
Research: Alun Bevan
The end of the war would not be the end the deaths
Mr. Walter Terry of 41, Woodville Road, aged 30 died of flu.
He had only been demobbed a few weeks.
He had served with the 6th Welsh and was wounded and gassed.
He leaves a widow and 3 children, two of which are curly-headed twin boys.
He was Vice chairman of the local branch of the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers
Mumbles Press in March 1919
Oystermouth Cemetery