Name
James Walker
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Pirton School Memorial
Biography
James appears on the School War Memorial, confirming that he attended the school.
Parish and census records suggest the following possible men:
The first was baptised on April 2nd 1873 and was the son of George and Mary Ann Walker (née Taylor). He would have been about forty-one at the outbreak of war. Baptism records list nine children: James (bapt 1873), Joseph (bapt 1875), George Edward (bapt 1875), Florence (bapt 1878), Emma (b 1880), Isabella (bapt 1883), Kate (bapt 1885), Rose (b 1886) and John (b 1889).
The second was baptised on March 28th 1875 and was the son of William and Ann Walker (née Titmuss). He would have been about thirty-nine at the outbreak of war. Baptism records list nine children: William (bapt 1867), John (b 1868), Samuel (bapt 1870), Joseph (bapt 1871), Alice (bapt 1873), James (bapt 1875), Frederick (bapt 1877, died, aged five months), Charles (bapt 1878) and Anise Emma (b 1880).
The third was baptised on April 5th 1885 and was the son of John and Lucy Walker (née Presland). He would have been about twenty-nine at the outbreak of war. Baptism records list six children: Florence Ann (b 1879), Albert John (b 1882), James (bapt 1885), Eleanor Rose (b 1888, 1901 census records Helena), Daisy (b 1893) and Nellie (b 1897).
The fourth was born on October 20th 1886 to Emily Walker, and so he would have been about twenty-eight at the outbreak of war.
Unfortunately it is not certain which of these men served.
Acknowledgments
Text from the book ‘The Pride of Pirton’ by Jonty Wild, Tony French & Chris Ryan used with author's permission
