We remember Walter Kissack Looney

We remember Walter Kissack Looney

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1884
birth Ramsey, Isle of Man United Kingdom Source:7438144 Source:8519462 1884
1917
dates Age 33 Source:7438144 9th November 1917
employment Bank Employee Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank Ltd Liverpool United Kingdom Source:9653500
enlistment Birkenhead United Kingdom Source:8519462
service British Army Private 37069 Training Reserve Source:5420702
service British Army Private 1429 Royal Engineers Source:8519462
service British Army Private 44629 South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion Source:8519462
theatres Western Europe :1 Source:8519462
1917
death Killed in Action Belgium Source:7438144 Source:8519462 9th November 1917
burial Tyne Cot Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial West-Vlaanderen Belgium Panel 65 to 66. Source:7438144

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Walter Kissack
Initials WK
Last Name Looney
Source 7438144
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 37069 Training Reserve Private
British Army 1429 Royal Engineers Private
British Army 44629 South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion Private
Awards
AwardTypeSource
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
A S mother
James Looney father

Media

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  • Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial
    Tyne Cot Cemetery, which bears witness to the Third Battle of Ypres, commonly known as the Battle of Passchendaele, is the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the world in terms of burials. There are 11,961 Commonwealth servicemen buried there, of whom more than 8,300 remain unidentified. The site also contains the Tyne Cot Memorial Wall to the Missing, which commemorates nearly 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom and New Zealand who died on the Ypres Salient after 16th August 1917 and whose graves are not known.

    Contributed by:
    Yvonne27542

  • Service Roll of Martins Bank - Cover
    A printed roll of honour entitled “Service Roll of Martins Bank”, listing “Those who did not return” and “Ex-Service Men 1914-1919”, was compiled in 1931 for the centenary of the Bank of Liverpool, and comprises of a list of staff of all the constituent banks in the Martins group (Bank of Liverpool, Martins Bank, Bank of Liverpool and Martins Limited, Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank, Cocks Biddulph, Palatine Bank, Halifax Commercial Bank, Cattle Trade Bank, Equitable Bank). It used to be on permanent display at the former Martins head office at Water Street in Liverpool, but was transferred to Barclays Group Archives in 2007 when Barclays sold the building. The image shows the cover of the book.

    Contributed by:
    James201

  • Service Roll of Martins Bank - Title Page
    A printed roll of honour entitled “Service Roll of Martins Bank”, listing “Those who did not return” and “Ex-Service Men 1914-1919”, was compiled in 1931 for the centenary of the Bank of Liverpool, and comprises of a list of staff of all the constituent banks in the Martins group (Bank of Liverpool, Martins Bank, Bank of Liverpool and Martins Limited, Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank, Cocks Biddulph, Palatine Bank, Halifax Commercial Bank, Cattle Trade Bank, Equitable Bank). It used to be on permanent display at the former Martins head office at Water Street in Liverpool, but was transferred to Barclays Group Archives in 2007 when Barclays sold the building. The image shows the title page of the book.

    Contributed by:
    James201

  • Detail page from Service Roll of Martins Bank
    A printed roll of honour entitled “Service Roll of Martins Bank”, listing “Those who did not return” and “Ex-Service Men 1914-1919”, was compiled in 1931 for the centenary of the Bank of Liverpool, and comprises of a list of staff of all the constituent banks in the Martins group (Bank of Liverpool, Martins Bank, Bank of Liverpool and Martins Limited, Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank, Cocks Biddulph, Palatine Bank, Halifax Commercial Bank, Cattle Trade Bank, Equitable Bank). The information printed for each person consists of initials & surname, plus regiment. The image shows the page of the book which features this person’s name in the list of “Those who did not return”.

    Contributed by:
    James201

  • Original Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank WW1 Memorial
    A WW1 memorial tablet to the fallen staff from the Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank was unveiled by the Chairman in the Banking Chamber at Head Office at 43 Spring Gardens, Manchester, in 1921, and framed photographs of the tablet were sent to relatives of the men. The panel was headed, “To the memory of our colleagues who made the supreme sacrifice in defence of their country during the Great War 1914-1919”, and the wording at the bottom was, “The Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank Limited”.

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    Yvonne27542

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Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Hannah21187
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Ann39898

External Evidence

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Liverpool Echo, "In Memoriam", 26th November 1918 Hannah21187

Multimedia

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Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Yvonne27542
Service Roll of Martins Bank - Cover James201
Service Roll of Martins Bank - Title Page James201
Detail page from Service Roll of Martins Bank James201
Original Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank WW1 Memorial Yvonne27542

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