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 COMMEMORATED ON THE PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM, TO THE MISSING.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN. HIS DEATH IS RECORDED ON HIS FATHER’S GRAVE STONE.
First name:
HERBERT
Military Number:
69059
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/04/1918
Place died:
Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium
Age:
18
181 , BEAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
