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Pte. Walter Dean Heathcote
British Army 9th Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Brighton, Sussex
(d.5th April 1918)
Walter Heathcote was killed near Senlis Mill on 5th April 1918 and was buried at Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery. This information is provided by his niece: Mrs Rosemary Tracey who did not know her uncle but well remembers the on-going grief suffered by her mother (Mrs M. Stapleton) - sister of Pte. Heathcote. Walter and his sister were born and lived in Brighton, Sussex and his name is recorded on the Steine war memorial in Brighton.