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Hull Pals Memorial Post. SERGEANT ERNEST JOHN WALKER 9609. Born 1890, the ninth of twelve children, to Henry and Ellen Walker of 15 Lorne Terrace, Spyvee Street, Hull. Ernest was a Dock Labourer before the war but enlisted in the fight for King and Country joining the Pals in France. He was killed in action on 13th April 1918 during the […]

BORN BURSTWICK, 1898. SON OF SARAH LEVITT (1871-1916) AND FRED ESCREET WALKER (1871-1937). HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS AND SERVED AS PRIVATE, 1160, 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF GAS WOUNDS AT BURSTWICK, ON 14/10/1919, AGED 21 AND HIS BURIED THERE. HIS BROTHER, […]

BORN BURSTWICK 1892. SON OF GEORGE (1855-1904) & ADA LANGDALE WALKER (1858-1934), HE HAD 3 BROTHERS, AND 5 SISTERS. WORKED AS A FARM HORSEMAN. ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE,  4TH NFUS (285066). TRANSFERRED TO THE 497TH AGRICULTURAL COMPANY. DIED AT ST JOHN'S VAD HOSPITAL, HULL, ON 08/12/1918, AGED 26. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN […]

BORN BURSTWICK 04/10/1895. SON OF FRED ESCREET WALKER (1871-1937) & SARAH LEVETT (1871-1916), OF BURSTWICK HALL, BURSTWICK, , EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. A FARM SERVANT. SINGLE MAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 121 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 29/02/1916. POSTED T […]

BORN HULL 06/02/1902. ONLY SON OF ARCHIBALD & ELIZABETH WALKER, OF 9 SYDNEY TERRACE, THE CAPE, WARWICK. SERVED AS A SIGNAL BOY, ON HMS "IDAHO". DIED OF DISEASE, ON 12/02/1919, AGED 17. HE IS BURIED AT WARWICK CEMETERY. HE LEFT TWO YOUNG SISTERS.

BORN GREENGATES, YORKS, 1978. SON OF SAMUEL WALKER, OF 7, CATO AVENUE, ARUNDEL STREET, HULL AND NORNABELL STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE JANE ANN WALKER & TWO CHILDREN, LIVED AT, 2, CHESTNUT AVENUE, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL AND 7 COURTNEY STREET, HULL. HE WAS AN OLD SOLDIER HAVING SERVED IN THE BOER WAR. IN CIVILIAN LIFE HE WORKED FOR RANK F […]

BORN HULL 16/06/1887. SON OF ARABELLA SELLERS & THE LATE JOSEPH ALFRED WALKER(DIED 1896). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN AT THIS ADDRESS. THEY MOVED TO CLEETHORPES ROAD, GRIMSBY. SERVED AS DECKHAND, ON THE PADDLE MINESWEEPER, 'BRIGHTON QUEEN'. LOST AT SEA ON 06/10/1915, AGED 27, WHEN THE SHIP WAS MINED OFF NIEUPORT. COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF MARY ELLEN FLEMING (1861-1928) AND JOHN EDWARD WALKER (1861-1910), OF 343, ANLABY ROAD, HULL. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN, INCLUDING EIGHT SONS (SEVEN SERVED IN THE ARMY). THREE SONS WERE LOST IN THE WAR, ALL IN 1918. HIS FATHER WAS A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HYMER'S COLLEGE, HULL, (LIKE ALL HIS BROTHER […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOSEPH & ADA WALKER, OF 25 BARMSTON STREET, HULL. HE WAS A TELEGRAM MESSENGER AT CUMBERLAND STREET AND BEVERLEY ROAD POST OFFICES FOR TWO YEARS. HE THEN WORKED AT MESSRS. STORRY & WITTY'S, PAINT & COLOUR MANUFACTURERS, WILCOLMLEE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/02/1916. SERVING WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE R […]

BORN WORKSOP, 1870. SON OF ROBERT H. WALKER ABOVE ADDRESS. HUSBAND OF THE LATE HARRIET A WALKER. Lord Roberts, built by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1907 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 293 tons. On October 26th, 1916, Lord Roberts was sunk by a mine from the G […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JACK WALKER (1864-1932) & MARY WIDDOWSON (1866-1943), OF 167 AND 181 BEAN STREET, HULL. KNOWN AS "BERT". HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF FOUR BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. SON OF A FISH MERCHANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (TERRITORIALS). DIED ON 11/04/1918, AGED 18. HE IS COMMEMORA […]

BORN HULL 1900. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. DIED OF WOUNDS, IN GERMANY, ON 02/06/1918 AGED 18. BURIED AT VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS MOTHER, MRS EMILY WALKER, (AGED 38), OF 19 LORNE STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS)  

BORN HULL 1894. MARRIED 27/01/1918. HUSBAND OF FRANCES EMMA WALKER, OF 19, FINSBURY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SERVED AS PRIVATE, IN THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. DIED OF THUBERCULOSIS OF THE LUNG, ON 11/11/1921, AGED 27. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MARY'S CHURCH WW1 MEMORIAL, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.

BORN HULL 15/08/1899. SON OF MARY ELLEN FLEMING (1861-1928) AND JOHN EDWARD WALKER (1861-1910), OF 343, ANLABY ROAD, HULL. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN, INCLUDING EIGHT SONS (SEVEN SERVED IN THE ARMY). HIS FATHER WAS A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT. A STUDENT, HE WAS EDUCATED AT HYMER'S COLLEGE, HULL, LIKE ALL HIS BROTHERS. HE ENLISTED, ON 13/08/1917 […]

BORN HUDDERSFIELD 1883. SON OF THOMAS & THIRZA WALKER. HIS FATHER WAS A STONE PLANER FOREMAN. HE LIVED AT 49 BLACKMOFT ROAD, CROSLAND MOOR, HUDDERSFILED (1911 CENSUS). HUSBAND OF ANNIE ELIZABETH COULTRA, OF 3 FREDERICK TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL.  HE MARRIED ON 24/04/1905, AT THE METHODIST NEW CONNEXION CHAPEL, WAKEFIELD. HIS W […]

BORN HULL 1885. SON OF GEORGE AND MARIA WALKER, HULL. YOUNGEST OF SIX CHILDREN. HE MARRIED ANNIE MADGE WORRALL, IN PATRINGTON, IN 1912. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 45774, YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 20TH MANCHESTER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 07/10/1917, AGED 31. BURIED AT HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, BELGIUM […]

BORN LONDON 1891. SON OF MAJOR, WILLIAM SNOWBALL WALKER (1862-1930) OF THE 1/5TH EYR, & EDITH SARAH BEDFORD (1863-1933), OF 34, WESTBOURNE AVENUE, HULL AND MILESDEN HOUSE, NEWLAND PARK, HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER DENIS HENRY AND ONE SISTER, MARGARET ISOBEL. HE SERVED AS SECOND LIUTENANT, 1/5 YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ON 26TH MAY 1915. COMMIS […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF ARTHUR & AGNES WALKER OF MAYFIELD STREET, HULL AND LATER 9 OAK ROAD, SCARBOROUGH. MEMBER OF THE HULL GARDENER SOCIETY. HE ENLISTED AT MALTON. SERVED WITH THE 6TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/09/1916, AGED 27. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER AGNES. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME, AT BLIGHTY V […]

BORN BARTON ON HUMBER 1894. SON OF WALLIS & KATE WALKER, OF 6 LEE STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS EMPLOYED BY MESSRS. BLEASDALE AND BARRACLOUGH, HULL, AS SHIP'S MATE OF A KEEL. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN BARTON ON HUMBER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. JOINING THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE (HULL SPORTSMEN) BATTALION. HE SERVED IN EGYPT AND […]

BORN THORNE 14/6/1880. HIS PARENTS LIVED AT 10 ELISA'S PLACE, WALKER STREET, HULL . HE WAS MARRIED WITH 4 CHILDREN. (HDM 09/10/1914 &  NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS). HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, WITH HIS PHOTO ON 12TH OCTOBER 1914. * HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, KENT, UK. HIS BROTHER, E. WALKER, WAS ALSO […]