BORN LONDON 1891. SON OF MAJOR, WILLIAM SNOWBALL WALKER (1862-1930) OF THE 1/5TH EYR, & EDITH SARAH BEDFORD (1863-1933), OF 34, WESTBOURNE AVENUE, HULL AND MILESDEN HOUSE, NEWLAND PARK, HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER DENIS HENRY AND ONE SISTER, MARGARET ISOBEL.
HE SERVED AS SECOND LIUTENANT, 1/5 YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ON 26TH MAY 1915. COMMISSIONED AS CAPTAIN IN THE SAME REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/07/1917, AGED 26. BURIED AT ST SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, FRANCE.
HE LEFT £179 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM AT 34, WESTBOURNE AVENUE, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS).
HE IS RECORDED ON THE HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE MEMORIAL, WITH HIS BROTHER, DENIS, WHO DIED OF WOUNDS ON 26/01/1916.
THERE IS ALSO A PLAQUE TO BOTH BROTHERS AT HULL MINSTER. WHERE THEY WERE CHORISTERS.
