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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 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 BEVERLEY. ENLISTED BEVERLEY 08/12/1915. RESIDED BEVERLEY. SON OF WILLIAM EDWARD AND CHARLOTTE JEMMINA WALKER. WIFE EDITH E. WALKER LIVED THIS ADDRESS. DISCHARGED WITH STOMACH CANCER. DIED AT HOME ON 06/11/1916, AGED 36. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.

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 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 […]

BORN COTTINGHAM 1886. LIVED LEVEN. EX 92384 RASC. DIED OF WOUNDS. SON OF JOSEPH & SARAH WALKER - ARMY RECORDS. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE LEVEN ROLL OF HONOUR.

Son  of Mr & Mrs Walker, of 9 Oxford Terrace, Porter Street, Hull. Lost on a Minesweeper, on 19/11/1916 . His death was reported in the Hull Daily Mail, on 20/11/1916. * His brother, Robert Walker was wounded in the war. His other brothers, Harry, Albert and Arthur Walker also served on Minesweepers.

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 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 […]

BORN SCARBOROUGH 1875. ELDEST SON OF ADMIRAL, CHARLES FRANCIS WALKER (1836-1925) & EDITH FRANCES DUNCOMBE (1846-1906) ABOVE. HE WAS EDUCATED AT ETON AND BALLIOL COLLEGE AND WAS A QUALIFIED BARRISTER. HE MARRIED IN 1906. HIS WIFE CHARLOTTE RANKIN HEWITT, WAS FROM, COUNTY KILDARE, IRELAND. HE WORKED AS A LEGAL BARRISTER, IN LONDON. H […]

Born Hull, 02/03/ 1884. Son of Edward John Walker (1856-1934) and Jane Eliza Harrison (1852-1907), of Patrington, Hull; Husband of Jane E. Walker. An station Engineman at Kirk Smeaton, Near Pontefract Yorkshire (1911 census). He enlisted in Barnsley, joining the Barnsley Pals when war began. Killed in action on the first day of the ba […]

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 […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE THOMAS EDWARD WALKER 12/1272. Born in 1897 in Barrow-upon-Humber Son of the late Thomas Edward Walker (deceased). Thomas was brought up be Mrs Shepherdson. He was a labourer, living at Thornton Street, Barrow-upon- Humber. His army records describe him, as 5 foot, 6 inches tall, 34.5 inch chest size, 133 […]

BORN BURSTWICK 1895. ENLISTED IN THE RGA AT HULL IN 1914. WENT TO FRANCE IN MAY 1916. HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THREE SONS SERVING OF JOHN WALKER, BURKS ROW, BURSTWICK. HIS BROTHER HARRY 25 YEARS OLD SERVED IN THE SAME RGA REGIMENT. ALBERT WAS KILLED BY SHELL FIRE ON THE 23RD SEPTEMBER 1916, AGED 21. A TRIBUTE LETTER DESCRIBED HIM AS "A […]

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 HULL1897. SON OF GEORGE HENRY AND PRISCILLA WALKER, OF 1, BARNSLEY TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, 8, BRAMWELL TERRACE, GREY STREET, HULL AND 21, IMPERIAL TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HIS FATHER WAS A STORE KEEPER FOR THE WILSON LINE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 12TH/13TH NORTHUMB […]

Born Market Weighton, Yorkshire, 1891. Husband of Gertrude Walker, of 16, Woodbine Villas, Reynoldson Street, Hull (War pension address). They had two children, Annie Steel and Stanley. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 10th Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra, Princes of Wales' Own). Posted to France on 9th September 1915. Killed at Loos, […]

BORN HULL 1887. SON OF GEORGE AND PRISCILLA WALKER, OF 18 GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE MARRIED, LILY SHARP AT HULL, IN 1912. HIS WIFE, LILY & TWO SONS, LIVED AT 8, PARK TERRACE, SEATON STREET, HULL AND 23, EXCHANGE STREET, HULL. HE WAS A PAINT KEG MAKER. HE ENLISTED HU […]

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. TWIN 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 DIED IN THE WAR ALL DURING 1918. HIS FATHER WAS A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HYMER'S COLLEGE, HULL, LIKE ALL HIS BROTH […]