Huffer, Walter

Huffer, Walter 

Military History:

Regiment:                               Not known

Rank:                                      Not known

Service Number:                    Not known

Date of Enlisting:                   Not known

Date of death:                        25.8.1954

Cemetery/ Memorial:            Not known

UK Cemetery/Memorial:       St Mary’s Church Ashwell Roll of Honour

Walter enlisted on 8 November 1917. Nothing is known of his military history.  He survived the war and died on 25th August 1954 Whiteley Village, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.

He is commemorated on the St Mary’s Church Ashwell Roll of Honour.

Family History:

Date of Birth:                3rd quarter 1876

Birth Place:                   Ashwell, Hertfordshire

Residence:                    Whiteley Village, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey

Marriage:                      3rd quarter 1901

Walter was born in the 3rd quarter 1876, the eldest son of John and Emily (nee Huffer) Huffer in Ashwell, Hertfordshire.  He was a pupil at the Merchant Taylors School in Ashwell.

Walter married Alice Green in Bethnal Green, London in the 3rd quarter of 1901.  They had three children, Alice Emily born 1902, Ethel Maud born 1905 and Walter Edward born 1908.

The 1911 census shows Walter as a ledger clerk for a gas and electric engineer in Battersea, London.

Walter died on 25th August 1954 Whiteley Village, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.

Two of Walter’s brothers, Lewis and Charles, served in the War and both survived.

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