Walter Frederick Fitch – Captain, British Army

In Memory of
Captain W F FITCH
MC
7th Bn., Suffolk Regiment
attd. British Military Mission.
who died on  01 November 1918
Remembered with honour
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

Captain W. F. Fitch British Military Mission Section 3, Grave 4139 West Half.

Biography Courtesy of Stephen’s Study Room:

Walter Frederick Fitch was a Captain in the 7th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. He had previously been awarded the Military Cross. At the time of his death, he was attached to the British Military Mission in Washington, D.C.

Captain Fitch caught pneumonia, from which he died on 1 November 1918, at American Lake, Washington, D. C. (United States)Captain Fitch  is buried in grave reference L.4139, Southern Div., Officers Section.

FITCH, W F
CAP BRIT MIL MISSION

• VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
• DATE OF DEATH: 11/01/1916
• DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
• BURIED AT: SECTION S.W  SITE LOT 4139
  ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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