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214952 Pte. James Walters British Army 9th Battalion Notts & Derby Regt (Sherwood Forresters) from:62, Vernon Avenue, Old Basford, Nottingham. (d.9th Aug 1916) Pte. James Walters, born 1900 in Nottingham. Son of James and Hannah Gertrude Walters, of 62, Vernon Avenue, Old Basford, Nottingham Enlisted aged 15 and was posted to the Machine Gun Company of the 9th Service Battalion, Notts & Derby Regt. He sailed with the Battalion from Liverpool in early July 1915 for Gallipoli, landing at Suvla Bay 7 August 1915. He was then evacuated from Gallipoli in December 1915 and moved to Egypt via Imbros. The Machine Gun Company was detached from the Battalion and attached to the 8th Battalion the South Staffs Regiment who went into action in August 1916 in the bitterly contested battle for Devils Wood (Delville Wood) He was killed along with 2 comrades by a trench mortar shell and buried on the battlefield by comrades He was exhumed post war and re-buried in the Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval. James was 16 years 11 Months when he was killed Additional Information: visited James this summer (2024) and noticed that the headstone has been changed to show his correct age of 16 Dave Hopkin Reply Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**