Capt Walter Day, Royal Engineers - a photo on Flickriver

            KILLED IN ACTION
R.I.P.
CAPT. W.E. DAY. R.E.
5th JUNE 1916

Captain Walter Evan Day, Royal Engineers.
Born on 16th. August 1884 at Hampstead, London,  the second son of Richard Evan, a lecturer in mathematics at King's College, London then subsequently at the Birkbeck Institute, and Edith Emma Day of 'Culver', 66 Plaistow Lane, Bromley, Kent. Brother of John, Edith, Alfred Francis.
Educated at, Marlborough College, Wiltshire between September 1897 and December 1900.
In 1914 Walter served against the Turks on the Suez Canal.
At Aldershot the following winter he trained the new 233rd. Field Company, and as its Officer Commanding he took it out to France at Easter 1916.
Walter was killed in action near Armentieres, aged 31, on Monday 5th. June 1916. He is buried in Grave I. E. 3. at Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium with the personal inscription,
'KILLED IN ACTION'

In 1910 the Blyford Hall agricultural estate came into the Day family, which explains why the wooden battlefield cross that marked Walter's grave was brought back from Flanders after the war and is mounted near the pulpit in All Saints Church, Blyford, Suffolk
Walter is also remembered on the war memorial at Bromley, Kent and on memorials in  All Saints Church, Blyford and St. John's Church, Bromley.
   

Taken in: UK / England / Waveney District / Blyford (show map)

Taken on: February 26, 2024

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Camera:	Canon EOS 850D
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Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	42mm
ISO:	2500
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
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