Walter WHITLEY
- Extended Description
- WHITLEY, Walter, Private PO/2594(S) Royal Marine Light Infantry, on H.M.S. Vindictive. He was wounded in the raid on Zeebrugge and Ostend, on the Belgium coast, April 23rd 1918 and died in the Naval Hospital, Chatham on the 17th July 1918 aged 22. Born on the 26th December 1895 at Mold, Flintshire to Walter and Mary of Ffynonfa Cottage, Maes-y-dre, Mold. At rest in Mold Cemetery, Denbighshire.
He has given his life for his country's cause. May he rest in peace.
The Zeebrugge Hero
"Well done; well done ye hero bold. England swells it to and fro love your country and you have shown left dismayed the Zeebrugge foe. Sleep brave heart and perfect peace, your task on earth is done. For Christ and King shall crown you with the crown of life you've won." H.M.S. Vindictive
