248758 Pte. Joseph Walsh British Army 8th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment from:22 Selby Street, Green Road, Leeds Joseph Walsh enlisted on 7th of December 1914. He served the whole of World War 1, before being referred to Abram Peel War Hospital suffering from Neurasthenia (Shell Shock) on 21st of January 1919. He was discharged from the army on 1st February 1919 with a 40% degree of disablement. Later in 1919 he married Isabella Connell, a resident of Bradford. He went on to have 2 sons and one daughter with Isabella. Joseph died of a heart attack in 1946 aged 58 years.
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