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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 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 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 HULL 1885. SON OF GEORGE AND THE LATE PRISCILLA WALKER, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE MARRIED MARY ANN WALKER, AND LIVED AT, 1 CEDAR GROVE, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL. A MERCANTILE KEEPER. HE HAD SERVED IN THE REGULAR ARMY AND RESERVES. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/08/1914. ARRIVED IN FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. SERVED AS A LAN […]

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

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 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 SUNK ISLAND 1889. SON OF EMILY & LATE JAMES S. WALKER, OF BURTON PIDSEA, BURSTWICK. LISTED ON THE NORNABELL STREET ROLL OF HONOUR.

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

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 1880. Husband of Elizabeth, at 9, Chester Avenue, Fenchurch Street, Beverley Road, Hull (War pension address) Enlisted on 9/12/1915. Served in the East Yorkshire Regiment. Discharged on 25/10/1918, aged 38. Awarded the Silver War Badge (No: B192378). Died of Insanity, on 05/12/1921, aged 41.