Main CPGW Record
Surname: WALKER
Forename(s): Thomas William
Place of Birth: Carleton-in-Craven, Yorkshire
Service No: 2150
Rank: Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/6th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 21
Date of Death: 1916-08-09
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: VII. E. 9.
CWGC Cemetery: LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: CARLETON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Thomas William Walker was the son of Roger and Ann Walker, née Thwaite and brother of Private Robert Edgar Walker (77871) (q.v.). Their father was born at Liverpool, Lancashire and mother at West Mud Becks, Garsdale, Yorkshire.
1901 Colne, Lancashire Census: 42, Blucher Street - Thomas W. Walker, aged 6 years, born Carleton, Yorkshire, son of Roger and Ann Walker.
1911 Heywood, Lancashire Census: 127, Peel Lane - Thomas William Walker, aged 16 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, son of Roger and Ann Walker.
The British Army Service Record for Thomas William Walker exists but may be incomplete.
Nominal Roll of the 1/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment): Pte T.W. Walker.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Cpl Thomas W. Walker, 2150, West Riding Regiment. Theatre of War first served in: (1) France. Date of entry therein: 14 April 1915.
The entry for Thomas William Walker is duplicated in the CPGW book on page 163.
The T. Walker on the Skipton War Memorial may not be Thomas William Walker.
A short biography of Thomas is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
See also: ‘Guiseley Terriers: A Small Part in The Great War – A History of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment’ by Stephen Barber (2018).
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, Corporal J[sic]. W., aged 21, West Riding Regiment, nephew of Mrs. Urquhart, of Garden Terrace, Carleton, killed in action Aug. 9, 1916.
WALKER, Thomas. [Additional]
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Corporal Thomas William WALKER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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