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Walker W A S Major Indian Army

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Walker W A S Major Indian Army

MAJOR WILLIAM ARCHIBALD SMAIL WALKER (1885-9). 46th Punjabis, Indian Army.

Born 31st October, 1874. He was the second son of Major-General Alexander Walker, C.S.I., Royal Artillery, and brother of Lieut.- Colonel A. D. Walker, D.S.O. On passing through the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant, unattached, Indian Army, in October, 1894, being attached to the 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry for his first year in India. He was promoted Lieutenant, November, 1897; Captain, October, 1903; and Major, in October, 1912. He served with the 45th Sikhs and then with the 40th Pathans, being posted to the 46th Punjabis on the formation of the regiment. He took part in the operations on the North- West Frontier of India, 1897-8, including the defence of Malakand, action at Landakai, and operations in Bajaur, being awarded medal with two clasps, and in the Tirah Expedition, 1897-8 (clasp). He served with the King’s African Rifles from November, 1903, to May, 1906. After outbreak of war he was sent, in January, 1915, with a double company to British East Africa, being attached to the 130th Baluchis. He was commanding a section of the outpost line at Mziona on the Tsavo River, and while visiting sentry groups with an escort of seven men, he came on the spoor of a large party of Germans. He followed this up for some way in order to locate the enemy, and while returning was ambushed by a smaller party of Germans. In the scrap which followed he and two of his escort were killed on 12th April, 1915, and he was buried on the banks of the Tsavo River. He leaves a widow and one daughter.

Source : Dulwich College War Record 1914-1919

Walker W A S Major Indian Army

.WALKER, WILLIAM ARCHIBALD SMAIL, Major, 40th Punjabis, Indian Army, 2nd 8. of the late Major-Gen. Alexander Walker, C.S.I., R.A., Director-General of Ordnance in India, 1890-97, by his wife, Anne Yewdale Lambert, dau. of Commander William Archibald Smail, R.N.; b. Dum-Dum, India, 31 Oct. 1874; educ. Dulwich College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. Indian Army, 10 Oct. 1894; was attd. to the 1st Somerset L.I. for his first year; entered the Indian S.C. 10 Jan. 1896, and was promoted Lieut. 27 Nov. 1897; Capt. 10 Oct. 1903, and Major 10 Oct. 1912; served. with the 45th Sikhs and then with the 40th Pathans, and was posted to the 46th Punjabis on their formation; took part in the operations on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1897-8, including the Defence of Malakand, action at Landakai, and operations in Bajaur (medal with two clasps), and in the Tirah Expedition 1897-8 (clasp), and was afterwards employed with the King’s African Rifles, 25 Nov. 1903 to 10 May, 1906. After the outbreak of the European War, he was sent in Jan. 1915, with a double coy. to British East Africa and attd. to the 130th Baluchis (King George’s Own). He was com- manding a section of the outpost line with head- quarters at Mzima on the Tsava River. While visiting sentry groups with an escort of seven men on 12 April, he came on the spoor of a large party of Germans. He followed this up for some way in order to locate the enemy. In returning he was ambushed by a smaller party of Germans who were following the main force, and he and two men were shot. He was buried on the banks of the Tsava River-the grave was marked by a cairn of stones; the two men who fell with him are buried by his side. A brother officer wrote: “I knew him for a fearless man. He was with my regt. in the Tirah Expedition, 1897-I have never met a braver soldier”; and another: “His escort, Dogras and Gurkhas, five of whom managed to get away, all bear great testimony to his fearlessness and gallantry. He gave the orders with his last breath for his men to scatter; such is necessary in the bush. He is a great loss to us and to our country-we can ill spare such men.” He m. at Peshawar, N.W.P., 30 April, 1913, Marion Balfour, yst. dau. of the Rev. Frederick William Crick, M.A.. Rector of Litton Cheney, Dorset, and had a dau., Anne Margaret, b. 21 Jan. 1914.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Walker T Pte 2395 7th Black Watch

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WALKER, THOMAS, Private, No. 2395, 1/7th Battn. The Black Watch (T.F.), 8. of Alexander Middleton Walker, of Middleton Place, Crossgates, co. Fife, Miner, by his wife, Margaret, dau, of the late Thomas Young, of Leven; b. Fordell, Dalgetty, co. Fife, 13 Feb. 1884; educ. Crossgates Public School; served as a grocer in Dunfermline Co-operative Society for nearly five years, then enlisted in the Royal Scots, 2 Jan. 1902; obtained his discharge by purchase, 11 July following, and was employed in the mines; re-enlisted in the Black Watch after the outbreak of war, 15 Sept. 1914; went to France, 1 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 16 June, 1915; unm. Buried there. His Captain wrote: “We were being subjected to a terrible bombardment during an attack on the Germans, and Tom along with L.-Corpl. Somerville were sitting in a dug-out sheltering from the fire, when a high explosive shell hit it, smashing in the roof. Both were killed immediately, and without suffering any pain. All the men exhibited great courage during the day and none more than your son, who was always a worker, doing his share and always willing to help others.”

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vo

Walker S R Pte 1876 9th Royal Scots

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Walker S R Pte 1876 9th Royal Scots

WALKER, SAMUEL REID, Private, No. 1876, A Coy. 1/9th Battn. (Highlanders) Royal Scots (T.F.), yst. s. of John Walker, of Wentworth, Newmarket Road, Norwich, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Samuel Reid, of St. George’s, Norwich; b. Norwich, 13 Feb 1893; educ. Belle Vue and King Edward VI Middle School, Norwich; apprenticed to the Drapery Trade, first at Mr. Moll’s, Norwich, then to Messrs. Bryant and Bryant, St. Ives, Hunts, and lastly to Messrs. Jenners, Edinburgh; volunteered and joined 1/9th Royal Scots (A Coy.), 6 Aug. 1914; left for France, 24 Feb. 1915, and died at No. 8 Hospital, Bailleul, 27 April following, of wounds received four days previously during the Second Battle of Ypres. Buried Bailleul Cemetery; unm. Corpl. W. M. Clarke wrote: “I thought it would perhaps comfort you to know how much he was appreciated by his comrades, and how great a shock his death was to them. His bright face and willingness made him a valued man in my section and won him everybody’s affection. Our only consolation, and I hope it may be yours Samuel Reid Walker. also, is that he died like a man fighting for the Old Country.”

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Walker J Pte 1780 9th Durham Light Infantry

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WALKER, JAMES, Private, No. 1780, 1/9th Battn. Durham L.I. (T.F.); b. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 23 Aug. 1891; educ. Gateshead-on-Tyne; enlisted in the Durham L.I., 21 April, 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and was killed in action on the outskirts of Ypres, 3 May, 1915. Buried in the Chateau grounds, west of Brielin, on the Poperinghe Road. He m. at the Roman Catholic Church, Dunston, 26 Dec. 1912, Mary (189, Rose Street, Gateshead), dau. of John Quinn, and had a child.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Walker E B 2nd Lt 1st Royal West Kent Regiment

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Walker E B 2nd Lt 1st Royal West Kent Regiment

Source : The British Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Walker E B 2nd Lt 1st Royal West Kent Regiment

WALKER, EDMUND BASIL, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., 2nd 8. of the Rev. George Sherbrooke Walker, M.A., Rector of March, by his wife, Jessie Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Carter, of Hazelwood, Edgbaston; b. Birmingham, 8 Aug. 1888; educ. The Towers, Portinscale, Keswick; Sherborne School, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and soon after leaving college, went as a master to Sherborne Preparatory School. On 23 March, 1912, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Dorsetshire Regt. (Special Reserve), and after war broke out joined his regt. at the Front, afterwards transferring to the 1st Battn. Royal West Kents, and was given a commission in that regt. 2 Jan. 1915; took part in the heavy fighting for Hill 60, near Ypres, and was killed in action there, 18 April, 1915; unm.

He had been called upon to undertake the Senior Captain’s duty and he volunteered for the post of danger with the machine-guns on Hill 60, near Ypres. He was on the Hill all through the awful night of Saturday 17, when so many fell-with two officers under him, and in the early, morning just as day was breaking, their company was relieved. They had left the ridge of the hill, when with his usual devotion to duty he suddenly said to his fellow officer: “You go on-I’ll follow in a minute,” and turned back again, explaining that he wanted to make sure all was right for the relief company just coming to take their place. So he went back and in doing this, lost his own life, for he was shot dead. He was buried in the little military cemetery near Ypres.

Major Dunlop, officer in command of the Battn., wrote: “I found your son of great assistance to me, as he was not only devoid of fear, but was an exceptionally keen officer, and, I am sure, would have made a great name for himself had he survived. Anyone who knew him could not help admiring nim.” An officer, working with Lieut. Walker when he was killed, wrote: ” on all sides I heard mention of his bravery. He stood on the top of the hill, directing operations, and was actually handling the machine-gun at the time he was shot in the throat, and died instantly. He had volunteered for the post of danger.” Lieut. Walker was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April, 1915. He was in the O.T.C. at both Sherborne and Cambridge, and after his two years of teaching, spent a year in promoting Boy Scout work, and was organising secretary to the Great Rally at Birmingham in 1913.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Walker A N L/Cpl 924 13th Australian Imperial Force

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Walker A N L/Cpl 924 13th Australian Imperial Force

WALKER,’ARCHIE NORMAN, L.-Corpl., No. 924, 13th Battn. 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 6th s. of Robert Percival Hoar, of 22, Quanza Street, Beach, East London, South Africa, by his wife, Cornelia Isabella (Nellie) Hoar, dau. of Peter Fostin; b. Cathcart, South Africa, 4 April, 1893; educ. East London; went to Australia in 1914; joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 22 Sept. 1914; left with the second reinforcements, and died 23 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at the Dardanelles; unm. He was buried at sea from H.M. Hospital ship Nevasa in lat. 36.49N. long. 1ยบ 2E.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Walker A T 2nd Lt 8th Rifle Brigade

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Walker A T 2nd Lt 8th Rifle Brigade

Source : Yorkshire Rugby Union Roll Of Honour 1914-1918

Walker A T 2nd Lt 8th Rifle Brigade

WALKER, ANTHONY THORNTON, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. Rifle Brigade, 2nd s. of John Walker, of Bawtry, co. York, by his wife, Dorothy Mary, dau. of Thomas Taplin Wickham, of Bideford, N. Devon; b. Bawtry, 9 May, 1894; educ. Dulwich Preparatory School, from which he obtained a scholarship to Uppingham School, and from Uppingham secured an open scholarship and exhibition at University College, Oxford; joined the Public Schools Battn. Middlesex Regt. Aug. 1914, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 8th Rifle Brigade, 2 Dec. following; left for France, 25 July, 1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, 30 July, 1915, the day after he joined his battn. in the trenches; unm. At Uppingham he was captain of football, and played for his college at Oxford. He was also very musical, and was leader of the orchestra at Uppingham.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Walker A L Pte 14450 2nd Grenadier Guards

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WALKER, ALFRED LEVI, Private, No. 14450, 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, yst. s. of the late Walter George Walker, of Hackett Lane, Thornbury, co. Glos., Butcher, by his wife, Sophia (Crossways, Thornbury), dau. of Henry Honeyborne; b. Easton Hill, Thornbury, 10 March, 1889; educ. Board School there; enlisted in 1909, and was killed in action near Ypres, 10 Nov. 1914; unm

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Walford O R 2nd Lt 1st Hampshire Regiment

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Walford O R 2nd Lt 1st Hampshire Regiment

WALFORD, OLIVER ROBSON, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt., elder s. of the late Col. William Swordes Walford, of Warden Lodge, Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, R.A.,by his 1st wife, Mary Ella, dau. of George Robson, of Altwood, Maidenhead Thicket; b. Warden House, Weymouth, co. Dorset, 25 June, 1895; educ. Connaught House, Weymouth; Charterhouse, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Hampshires, 13 Jan. 1915; went to France, 25 Jan., and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 26 April, 1915; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Walford L F Pte 2048 14th London Regiment (London Scottish)

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WALFORD, LESLIE FRANCIS, Private, No. 2048, 1/14th Battn. (London Scottish), The London Regt. (T.F.), second s. of the lat. Thomas Charles Walford, of Maidenhead, Mineral Manager, Great Western Railway, by his 1st wife, Mary Ann Ashford, dau. of Thomas Hobbs, of Tiverton; b. Southall, 6 Aug. 1891; educ. Maidenhead College; was Clerk to Wm. Cory’s, Mark Lane; joined the Jondon Scottish, May, 1914; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 15 Sept. 1914; was wounded and taken prisoner during the charge of the London Scottish at Messines, 31 Oct. 1914, and died the following day; unm. Buried at Messines-Wytschaete.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1