WALTER CHAMPNESS
15 July 1888 - 10 April 1918
At School 1900 - 1902
L/Cpl 358800 1/10th Kings Liverpool Regt
Walter was born in Sedbergh, Cumbria (then part of Yorkshire!) and in 1891 aged 2 was living at Joss Lane, Sedbergh, with father Alfred, a schoolteacher, mother Minnie, and one domestic servant. Walter's parents had been born in Manchester and in 1898 the family moved to 103 Stretford Road, Manchester, Alfred taking up the appointment of Sub Postmaster and Minnie assisting with the clerical work. In 1901 Alfred was at the School and seems to have been somewhat of an all-rounder, in work and sport, gaining a foundation Scholarship in his first year at School, winning a certificate for school work in the Classical 4th and being awarded the Optional Classes Spanish prize in 1902. He came 2nd in the U-14 High Jump and played for the successful U-14 football team. Later he played for the School 2nd XI.



Lance-Corporal WALTER CHAMPNESS, Scottish Kings Liverpool Regiment, who was killed in action on April 10th, was at the School from January, 1900, to December, 1902, on the classical side.