MCDONALD, Walter Stanley

Rifle House Cemetery, BelgiumCredit: CWGC

Serjeant
1st Battalion
Rifle Brigade

Walter was born 1890 in Newport & was the adopted son of James & Elizabeth GRIFFITHS 12 Chapel Street, Newport.

Walter, aged 24, was Killed in Action on the 19th of December 1914, & is laid to rest in the Rifle House Cemetery in Belgium beneath a Commission Headstone, alongside 230 of his First World War comrades.

Walter is also remembered on the County War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.