DEATH PLAQUE
(1st DAY, Battle of The Somme)
To:
73. Pte. WALTER WHARTON.
10th LINCOLNSHIRE REGT
"THE GRIMSBY CHUMS"
Who was KILLED IN ACTION at LA BOISSELE
on
Saturday 1st JULY 1916.
Son of Charles & Annie Wharton 22,Thomas Street, Grimsby. Lincolnshire.
(NOTE ** There are three other Walter Whartons on the CWG list)
but this particular plaque was purchased within 25 miles of Grimsby.)
DO YOU HAVE PRIVATE WHARTON'S MEDALS ?
IF SO, PLEASE CONTACT US on 01342-870926.
Pte W. Wharton probably knew my Great Uncle Jack, 1107. Pte John William Camplin who was also Killed on 1st July 1916 with the Grimsby Chums at La Boiselle on the Somme. (*see his picture on our home page)
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