Personal Details

Born: 20 August 1894 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 9 September the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church.

Family: He was the youngest of four children born to Walter Conway Joyce, a clockmaker, and his wife Edith Mary. He married Winifred Isobel Cooper in 1936 in Liverpool, Lancashire and appears to have been known as Walter Dennis Cooper Joyce from that time. Walter and Winifred were divorced and Walter married Lilian Entwistle in 1952 in Liverpool. No children can be confirmed for either marriage.

Residence: In 1901 he was living with his family at 17 Edgeley Road, Whitchurch; by 1911 they had moved to 25 Edgeley Road, Whitchurch. In 1929 he was living at 39 Elm Vale, Fairfield, Liverpool and in 1950 at 305 Eaton Road, Liverpool. At the time of his death he lived at 74 Barnfield Drive, Liverpool.

Employment: In 1917 when he was admitted into the Freemason’s Priory Lodge in Birkenhead he was an electrician; in 1939 he was an electrical engineer.

Died: 6 February 1966 at Sefton General Hospital, Liverpool.

Military Details

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