Ben Walker
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. ?. Private. 1 King's Liverpool R. (Regiment) Barrack St. Class & Club . Wounded early At R. (Royal) Infirmary. Glasgow in Nov. At 79 Craigton Rd. Govan in March . Called June 16 & found they had moved to Cunard House. Loch Promenade Dec.14 Shaws Home. Bearsden . Glasgow.' (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/14).
N.B. relative of Ben Walker (nephew) advises first name is 'Bramwell'. Referred to as 'Ben' in the notebook of Reverend Kermode.
Lived at Prospect Hill
This was my uncle his name was Bramwell Walker, No. 011543 wounded in action 20th September 1914, Battle of Aisne, France. He died in 1962. - Bruce Hannay Report this