Walter Dewey
Private
17966
2nd
Battalion
Bedfordshire
Regiment
Dear Mr Dewey
I am your great-great grandson and my grandad, Roger Dewey, has
been telling me all about you. I know you volunteered in November 1914 and
after completing a period of training at Felixstowe was later drafted to the
Western Front. I imagine that you were sad to leave your family at home and
especially your wife and 5 children, who were under the age on 10. I am writing
to thank you for fighting for our country during the First World War. I
couldn’t imagine what it would be like if everyone didn’t fight and the Germans
won the war.
I know that after only 8 days active service you were killed in
the La Bassée sector on the 16th June 1915. Despite having no formal grave, you
are commemorated on three war memorials, at each of Somersham, Witchford and
the Le Touret in Pas de Calais, France. My grandad and dad have both been to
one of the war memorials in France where you are commemorated. One day I would
like to go with my dad and see where your name is. Our family will never forget
that you bravely gave your life for the country.
Yours sincerely
Joshua
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