BORN BRIDLINGTON 1896. SON OF GEORGE WALKINGTON (1851-1928) & MARY ANN BINNINGTON (1853-1941), AT 27, LIME TREE AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER AND THREE ELDER BROTHERS WERE BRICKLAYERS, BUILDING GARDEN VILLAGE. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A OUTFITTING SHOP ASSISTANT (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF PNEUMONIA, THE DAY THE WAR ENDED, ON 11/11/1918, AT ETAPLES HOSPITAL, AGED 22. HE IS BURIED AT ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE. THE INSCRIPTION ON HIS GRAVE, READS, “IN LIFE DEARLY LOVED, IN DEATH DEEPLY MOURNED”.
HE LEFT PARENTS AND SIBLINGS, FRANCIS, COLIN, ALBERT, AND SARAH ELIZABETH.
First name:
EDWARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
201731
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/11/1918
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
22
27, LIME TREE AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
