Name
Walter George Walker
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
29/11/1914
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
2598
Hertfordshire Regiment
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HERTFORD (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD
Plot 4. Row 14. Grave 17. on East Boundary
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial, All Saints Church Memorial, Hertford, Hertford United Reformed Church, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford, We are not aware of any memorial in Brickendon - see Bayford
Pre War
Born in 1892 in Brickendon, Hertfordshire son of George and Elizabeth Walker and living in 83, Somerset Terrace, West Street,
Hertford in 1901 and 1911. He was a general labourer and was unmarried.
Wartime Service
He had served four years in the Hertfordshire Territorials and re-enlisted at Hertford on 1 Sep 1914 for the duration of the war.
He entered France on 5 Nov 1914 He suffered a gunshot wound to the left arm on 19 Nov 1914 at Ypres, was admitted to No 4 Field Ambulance and transferred to base.
He was repatriated but died in Lincoln Hospital a week later despite surgery.
Additional Information
He is mentioned in the story of William Sell, which can be found here in the Archive at: Archive - Hertfordshire Men & Women - Individuals Stories - William Sell (MM) - Biography Include others from the Herts Reg
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Jonty Wild
