Name
Leonard James Walker
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
51st
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Pirton School Memorial
Biography
Leonard appears on the School War Memorial, confirming that he attended the school. Given the middle name, the parish and census records suggest only one possible candidate. He was born on April 8th 1900 and was the son of James and Alice Walker (née Titmuss). The 1911 census identifies five children: Annie Ethel Titmuss (b 1898, before the marriage), Leonard James (b 1900), Frederick Charles Walker (b c1903), Doris Eleanor (b c1906) and Mildred Emily (b c1908).
Leonard would have only been fourteen at the outbreak of war so, if he is the right man, he is unlikely to have served until late in the war. This is confirmed in the Parish Magazine of September 1918, which records Leonard as being ‘called to service’ and by then he would have been eighteen. The later Parish Magazine of November 1918 recorded him as serving in the 51st Queen's.
Acknowledgments
Text from the book ‘The Pride of Pirton’ by Jonty Wild, Tony French & Chris Ryan used with author's permission
