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BORN HULL. HIS FAMILY WERE FROM HESSLE, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HESSLE. KILLED IN ACTION. SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. HE IS ALSO RECORDED AS "KILLED", ON HULL'S, WESTBOURNE STREET, ROLL OF HONOUR (HULL DAILY MAIL, 22/09/1916)

BORN HANDSWORTH, BRIMINGHAM, 1892. WIFE DORIS MARIA WALKER ABOVE. NB; A WALKER (RFA) LISTED ON NICHOLSON/EXCHANGE/TUNIS ST MEMORIAL.

BORN OTTRINGHAM, YORKS 1887. YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE JOSEPH (D. 4/1/1911), & MARIA WALKER. ENLISTED HULL. HDM 23/7/17. SERVED WITH THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO THE 2ND BATTALION. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/07/1916, AGED 29 HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE LOOS MEMORIAL, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE

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 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.

BORN LEEDS 1895. ENLISTED HULL. EX 6500 LANCERS. SON OF CHARLOTTE A WALKER. ENLISTED 4/8/14 IN 16TH LANCERS.

BORN HULL 03/03/1881. FATHER JOSEPH WALKER LIVED WEST GREEN, COTTINGHAM. MARINE CHARGE MAN AT HULL. DROWNED ON 12/12/1914, AGED 33. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE NER ROLL OF HONOUR. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES ON 16/01/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *

BORN HULL 1879. SON OF GEORGE DIXON WALKER & SARAH KIRBY, OF 17 HANOVER SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. HE MARRIED CATHERINE BURTON, AT ST MATTHEW'S CHURCH, BOULEVARD, ON 30/12/1900. HIS WIFE, KATE WALKER & FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED AT 37 NILE STREET, HULL, 17 PERSEVERENCE TERRACE, WOODS LANE, HULL (ARMY ADDRE […]

Born Wilberfoss, Yorkshire, 25 May 1897. Son of Charles Walker (1871-1935) and Anna Maria Walker, of Wilberfoss, Yorkshire. A Farm Servant. Described as 5 foot, 3.5 inches tall, 115 lbs weight, 34-36 inch chest, He had seven brothers and one sister. Enlisted Beverley, on 18/05/1915. Served in the 1st East Yorkshire Regiment. Received […]

BORN LEYTONSTONE, ESSEX, 1889. SON OF MAJOR, WILLIAM SNOWBALL WALKER (1862-1930) OF THE 1/5TH EYR, & EDITH SARAH BEDFORD (1863-1933), OF 34 WESTBOURNE AVENUE, HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER LESLIE BEDFORD AND ONE SISTER, MARGARET ISOBEL. HE WAS AN ARCHITECT'S ASSISTANT, (1911 CENSUS) SERVED AS CAPTAIN IN THE 1/5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUN […]

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 […]

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 DARLINGTON 10/08/1886. SON OF BROWN WALKER AND MARGARET POTTS. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN, INCLUDING SEVEN BROTHERS. EMPLOYED AS A SHIP'S MATE ON A HULL TUG. HE MARRIED IN 1905. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. HE DROWNED MINE SWEEPING, OFF ABERDEEN, ON 07/10/1915, AGED 27. HIS BODY WAS RECOVERED AND BURIED AT […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ERNEST EDWARD WALKER & EMILY ANN  PECK (1874-1929), OF 15  CLUMBER STREET, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL, (1911 CENSUS) & 57 HEXTHORPE ROAD, DONCASTER. ELDEST OF THREE CHILDREN. SON OF A TRAVELLER. HE ENLISTED IN DONCASTER. FORMERLY, PRIVATE  38621, YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT HE LATER SERVED WITH THE 15TH DURHAM LI […]

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 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, 1898. SON OF ADA 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 AND PNEUMONIA, AT BURSTWICK, ON 14/10/1919, AGED 21 AND IS BURIED THE […]

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 […]