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Surname: WALKER
Forename(s): James
Place of Birth: Great Harwood, Lancashire
Service No: 40640
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion
Division: 11th (Northern) Division
Age: 26
Date of Death: 1917-09-01
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XXII. R. 5A.
CWGC Cemetery: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
James Walker was the son of Joseph and Margaret Ellen Walker, née Rydeheard. Joseph was born at Hadley, Shropshire and Margaret at Great Harwood, Lancashire.
1891 Great Harwood, Lancashire Census: 58, St Edmund Street - James Walker, aged 5 months, born Great Harwood, son of Joseph and Margaret E. Walker.
1901 Great Harwood, Lancashire Census: 2, Bridge Street South - James Walker, aged 10 years, born Great Harwood, son of Joseph and Mary Ann [sic] Walker.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 18, North Parade - James Walker, aged 20 years, born Great Harwood, Lancashire, son of Joseph and Margaret Ellen Walker.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte James Walker, 40640, Northumberland Fusiliers.
A short biography of James is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
WALKER, James, aged 26 years, Tyneside Scottish, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walker, 14, Lower West Avenue, [Barnoldswick], died, France, Sept. 1, 1917.
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Private James WALKER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Northumberland Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 11th (Northern) Division
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07 September 1917
WALKER – September 1st 1917, died from wounds received in action in France, Private James Walker, Tyneside Scottish, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walker, 14, Lower West Avenue, Barnoldswick, aged 26 years.
07 September 1917
BARNOLDSWICK SOLDIER’S DEATH FROM WOUNDS
The death took place on the 1st inst. at the General Hospital in France, from wounds received in action, of Private James Walker (Tyneside Scottish) son of Mr. and Mrs. Walker, 14, Lower West Avenue, Barnoldswick. He was 26 years of age, and had been about 18 months in France where he was attached to the headquarters staff. The high esteem in which he was held by his comrades is testified by a letter of sympathy and regret of the death of so cheerful and brave a comrade which has been received by the bereaved parents.
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07 September 1917
WALKER – Sept. 1st, at the General Hospital, France, Pte. James Walker, of the Tyneside Scottish, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walker, 14, Lower West Avenue, Barnoldswick, aged 26.
07 September 1917
MORE BARNOLDSWICK CASUALTIES
Barnoldswick Soldier’s Death from Wounds
The death took place on the 1st inst., at the General Hospital in France, from wounds received in action, of Pte. James Walker (Tyneside Scottish), and son of Mr. and Mrs. Walker, 14, Lower West Avenue, Barnoldswick. He was 26 years of age, and had been about 18 months in France where he was attached to the headquarters staff. The high esteem in which he was held by his comrades is testified by a letter of sympathy and regret of so cheerful and brave a comrade, which has been received by the bereaved parents.
30 August 1918
In loving memory of Pte. James (Jim) Walker (40640), Tyneside Scottish Regiment, beloved son of Joseph and Margaret Ellen Walker, died of wound, received in action in France Sept. 1st, 1917, and was interred in the British Military Cemetery, Etaples.
Oh for a touch of the vanished hand,
And a voice that we loved is still;
A place is vacant at our home
Which never can be filled.
It’s only a mother who knows the sorrow,
It’s only a mother who knows the pain,
Of loosing a son she loved so dearly,
And to know she will not see him again.
Friends may think that we forget him,
When at times we’re apt to smile;
But they know the grief that’s hidden
In our hearts all the while.
– From his loving Mother, Father, and Brothers. 14, Lower Went Avenue, Barnoldswick.
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