BORN HULL 1897. LIVED IN TOOTING, LONDON. SON OF MRS ELIZA bull (1873-1955) & JACOB c WALKER (1871-1919), OF 54 CHARLMONT ROAD, TOOTING, LONDON. HIS FATHER LIVED AT 14 ALICIA STREET, HULL IN 1881, BUT MOVED TO LAMBETH AND WORKED AS A PORTER IN COVENT GARDEN.
ROBERT HENRY WALKER ENLISTED IN WIMBLEDON. SERVED WITH “C” COMPANY, THE 1ST EAST SURREY REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/05/1917, AGED 20. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JACOB. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS MOTHER, ELIZA WALKER.
First name:
ROBERT HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
31185
Rank:
Private
Date Died
08/05/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
20
