Walter entered the war in the Balkans on 20th October 1915. He died when serving on H.M.H.S. "Salta" when it struck a mine and sank half a mile north of the Whistle Bouy, Havre, on 10th April 1917. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Barnsley of Fairwater Grove, Llandaff, Cardiff; and the husband of Jennie Barnsley of Griffin Temperance Hotel, Blaenau-Festiniog, Merionethshire.