WALKER W.
Walter Walker
Rifleman R/7942
4th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps
Notts Free Press, 4th February 1916
Walter Walker died on Tuesday 25th May 1915, Age 37, and is commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
He was born c1878 at Morton, Derbyshire, to parents Richard & Eliza Walker. Richard Walker was a Coal Miner, and a native of Ashover, Derbyshire. At the time of Walter's death, his father was living at Stonebroom, Alfreton, Derbyshire.
He was also the husband of Annie Elizabeth Walker, of 62 Station Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.
He was a friend of Samuel Bramley, who died on the same day, and is also remembered on the War Memorial.
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Notts Free Press, 26th May 1916 |
Research by Heather Faulkes