Walter George Piper

An Able Seaman with Drake Battalion, Walter died on 21st of March 1918 at the age of 19. 

Walter was born at Lowestoft on 29 November 1899, a son of Walter and Emily Piper. In 1901 his family lived at Bishop’s Buildings, Mariners Street. By 1911 they were living at 1 Infirmary Court, Saint Margaret’s Plain.

Walter joined the Great Eastern Railway at Lowestoft on 19 July 1915. He was a cleaner, and later acting fireman.