Walter Kendrick Meakin
Soldier Details
Surname: | MEAKIN | |
Forenames: | Walter Kendrick | |
Date of Death: | Sunday, 15th August 1915 | |
Regiment: | Bedfordshire | |
Battalion: | 1st/5th | |
Company: | C | |
Rank: | Captain | |
Number: | - | |
Cause of death: | Killed in action | |
Age: | - | |
Born: | - | |
Enlisted: | - | |
Resident: | Bedford | |
Theatre of War: | Gallipoli | |
Buried/Commemorated: | Helles Memorial, Turkey | |
Grave/Memorial Details: | Panel 54 and 218 | |
Further information: | - | |
National Roll Information: | - | |
Newspaper Articles: | - | |
Regimental Letters/Books: | "(Reported missing believed killed August 15th, 1915). He was the leader of "C" Company, which supported "B" in the attack. A comrade says: 'I am told he was hit, but the man who saw it was hit himself later. We never found him, though we spent nights of searching." |