HERBERT WALKER
Born: 1898, Longton-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Presumed dead: 12th October 1917; age 19; KiA.
Residence: 66, Sidegate Lane, Ipswich.
Enlistment Location: Horncastle, Lincolnshire.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 25900
Regiment: East Surrey Regiment, 8th Battalion.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Memorial Reference:
Panel 79 to 80 and 163A.
West Vlaanderen,
Belgium.
Relatives Notified and Address: Son of Herbert & Kate Walker, of 66, Sidegate Lane, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1901 110, Upper Normacol Road, Longton, Staffordshire.
Herbert was 2 years old and living with his parents & sister.
Herbert Walker, 28, a Public Librarian; Hanley, Staffordshire.
Lilian Kate Garside Walker (nee Wallis), 30; born Leeds, Yorkshire.
Lilian Kate Walker, 1, born Longton, Staffordshire.
1911 60, Corder Road, Ipswich.
Herbert was 12 years old and living with his parents.
Herbert, 38, a Secretary and Librarian to the Ipswich Institute (subscription) Library.
Lilian, 40.
Herbert was educated at Ipswich School – entered 1910.
Soldiers’ Effects to Herbert Walker – father.
Herbert is also remembered on the Ipswich School Chapel war memorial, and at St. Margaret’s Church, Ipswich, St. Clement’s Congregational Church, Ipswich and on the war memorial at the Presbyterian Church formerly on London Road, Ipswich.Northgate High School Memorial. Formerly Ipswich Grammar School for Boys.
East Surrey Regiment, 8th Battalion
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