Private Walter Armstrong

Private Walter Armstrong, 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion, Black Watch. He died of wounds in Egypt, aged 19, on 29th January 1918 and is buried in the Port Said War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. He was the son of W.H. Armstrong, Howick Terrace, Tweedmouth, Berwick-on-Tweed. At that time the Battalion were fighting the Turks in Palestine and pushing them ever backwards. He may have been wounded at the capture of  the Turkish held village of Betiana where the Battalion had 1 officer and 8 Other Ranks killed and 4 Officers and 40 Other Ranks wounded of whom 2 subsequently died.