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 WIFE WAS FOUR YEARS OLDER AND THE DAUGHTER OF A MILL MANAGER. JOSEPH WORKED AS A STONE PLANING MACHINIST. WAS A COMMITTE MEMBER OF THE CROSSLAND MOOR CONSERVATIVE,CLUB AND CROSLAND MOOR CHURCH CHOIR.
HE ENLISTED AT CHATHAM, KENT. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. DIED IN INDIA, ON 24/10/1916, AGED 33. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND YOUNG SON.
First name:
JOSEPH ROBERTS
Military Number:
28481
Rank:
Private
Date Died
24/10/1916
Place died:
Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, India
Age:
33
3 FREDERICK TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
