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Walker Arthur Lieut
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/21534
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Title (The name of the record)
- Walker Arthur Lieut
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Surname: Walker;
Forename(s): Arthur;
Initials: A;
Rank: Lieut;
Born in: Basingstoke;
Previous Regiment: W Riding Regt;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 30 Bn;
Other MGC Unit Served (1): 221 Coy;
Other MGC Unit Served (2): 30 Bn;
How killed: KIA;
Where: Belgium;
When killed: 10-Aug-1918;
Other Data: NOK: Mrs Florence Walker (nee Hughes) c/o Cox & Co, Calcutta
enlisted 2 SWB 3/8/1897 No 5702 aged 18yrs 10m. (Later C/Sgt 2/3 RWF No 10522) C/Sgt 23/07/1910, CSM 12/01/1915, 2/Lt 17/06/1915
Served: Home 3/8/1897 - 12/1/1900, South africa 13/1/1900 - 31/7/1900, Home 1/8/1900 - 18/2/1901, South Africa 16/2/1901 - 30/01/1904, India 31/01/1904 - 7/6/1915. GSW Jacobsdal 15/2/1900 (slight) - QSA CC,OFS,TVL. KSA 01/02.
Father: Richard Walker, Haverfordwest, mother: Elizabeth Walker. Brother: Frank Richard Walker,. St Swithins Villa, Winchester
Wife: Florence, married Karachi 10/12/1908 - daughter aged 9 yrs in Oct 1918Death mentioned in War Diary - killed by shellfire;
Other Notes: WALKER, Lieutenant, A, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt.) attd. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 10th August 1918. L. 2. Westoutre British Cemetery - Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.;
Related National Archives files: WO339/4206;
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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- 1 digital record
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/cc96367f-e0e5-431a-adb3-96ca1c3d6436/
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
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Machine Gun Corps Database
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Walker Arthur Lieut