Lance Corporal Walter Keefe
| Date of Birth | c 1896 |
|---|---|
| Age at Death | 20 |
| Date of Death | 1 July 1916 |
| Service Number | G/3137 |
| Military Service | The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion |
| Merton Address | |
| Local Memorial | Mitcham War Memorial |
Additional Information
Walter was born in Streatham in about 1896 to Walter James and Charlotte O’Keefe. His father worked as a bricklayer, and his mother was an ironer. He was their only son, and had an older sister, Mabel, and younger sisters Lillian and Nellie. In 1911, when he was 15, he was living with his family at 60 Marion Road, Streatham Vale and working as a farm labourer. His older sister Mabel was already married, even though she was only 17, and she and her husband lived with the family as well.
Walter enlisted in The Buffs at Kingston on Thames. He arrived in France on the 31st of August, 1915, and was killed in action about ten months later, at the Battle of the Somme near Thiepval. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 5 D and on the Mitcham War Memorial.
His military pension was paid to his mother.
His military records show his name as Keefe not O’Keefe.