Pte Walter Goldthorpe
Item
Title
Pte Walter Goldthorpe
Who?
Pte Walter Goldthorpe
Item(s)
Photo of Walter in uniform, Marshfields Roll of Honour, Walter’s Bible
Story
Pte Walter Goldthorpe was a member of the 2nd Bradford Pals. He died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme and is commemorated by CWGC on the Thiepval Memorial. He died of his wounds and is possibly buried as an unknown soldier in Euston Road Cemetery. His name is on the Marshfield Old Scholars Roll of Honour.
When?
01/06/1916
Where?
Somme
Contributor
Stephen Barraclough (Great cousin of Walter)
Collection Day
City Hall, Bradford (02/02/2019)
This item was submitted on March 6, 2019