Snowden, Walter

 

Walter and annie snowdenThe snowden family

Walter and Annie; photo from Steve Snowden, his great nephew

 

52930 Private, Machine Gun Corps

64234 Private, Lincolnshire Regiment

543249 Private, Labour Corps

Born 11th February 1888 in Scotter

Son of Adam (a coal dealer from Westwoodside) and Ann (Anna; nee Cook of Scotter)

Driver for Lidgett & Son, Scotter bakers and confectioners

Married Annie Elizabeth Foster of Messingham in 1915

Enlisted 12th December 1915 at Kirton-in-Lindsey

Wounded on 2nd December 1917 and blinded in one eye

Possibly recommended for the Military Medal

Died in 1975 aged 88 in the Doncater registration district

Father buried in the churchyard and mother in Scotter Cemetery

Brother of Arthur Cook 

Brother of Frank

Brother of Harris