John Walker can you help

22 August , 2011

Researching the Memorials of Mildenhall Parish I am still looking for three men one being John Walker who I believe is on the 1901 census records is an orphan aged 9 Living with Alfred and Eliza Sparrow of Beck Row Road Mildenhall Suffolk. Then on the 1911 census a lodger aged 19 living with Edward and Susanna Gee of Mildenhall his birthplace shown as Islington London which I could not find on BMD index. Those that I have listed are what I have left from a list of nearly 400 Walker's with a forename of John or with other names including John and those with just the Initial J. Have not found him in any local newspapaers as yet, if anyone on the forum can rule out any on this list that they know not to be my man hopefully I could be left with one name that could possibly be the John Walker I am looking for. I just hope that they are not all ruled out so I have to start again.

Click service number for link to CWGC.

40995 Walker John Private 12th Highland Light Infantry Died: 25/Apr/1917 Age: Unknown Buried/Commemorated: Arras Memorial Bay 8.

201270 Walker John Private 2nd/4th Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) Killed in Action: 3/May/1917 Age: Unknown Buried/Commemorated: Arras Memorial Bay 6.

71004 Walker John Corporal 46th Bde D Bty Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery Died: 15/Jul/1917 Age: Unknown Buried/Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel 5 and 9.

P/5634 Walker J Private Military Police Corps MFP Died: 16/Jul/1917 Age: Unknown Buried/Commemorated: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery XX. K. 3. Formerly: Seaforth Highlanders Private 6010

40549 Walker John Private 8th Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) Died: 5/Aug/1917 Age: Unknown Buried/Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel 55.

55441 Walker John Private 1st Northumberland Fusiliers Died: 29/Mar/1918 Age: Unknown Buried/Commemorated: Arras Memorial Bay 2 and 3.

204785 Walker John Private 1st Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) Died: 14/Apr/1918 Age: Unknown Buried/Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial Panel 3. Formerly: Liverpool Regiment Private 57848, Monmouthshire Regiment Private 57848

241489 Walker J Lance Corporal 3rd/5th The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Died: 26/Nov/1918 Age: Unknown Buried/Commemorated:Breightmet (St. James) Churchyard C3. 176.

112265 Walker John Company Serjeant Major A Special Coy Royal Engineers Awarded DCM: Died: 24/Jul/1919 Age: Unknown Buried/Commemorated: Etaples Military Cemetery LXXII. F. 27.

PS/3772 Walker John Private 17th Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) Died: 17/Feb/1917 Age: Unknown Buried/Commemorated: Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt IV. C. 5.

10567 Walker John Corporal 1st King's Own Scottish borderers Died: 14/Feb/1917 Age: 26 Buried/Commemorated: St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen O. V. E. 4

Believed to be 2829 Joe Walker if this is correct then I could rule him out.

7521, Walker, John, Private, 2nd Kings Royal Rifle Corps, K.I.A. 14-17/Sep/1914 In De Ruvigny could not find in CWGC or SDGW have MIC marked K in a.

Ray

29 August , 2011

I have added links to the service numbers to CWGC for these men if that will be of help to anyone in finding out where these men may be listed on a Memorial somewhere.

Regards

Ray

30 August , 2011

You can probably rule a couple out if he was born in London?

40995 Resident South Bank, Yorks, Enlistment Middlesborough

201270 Enlistment Halifax

71004 Resident Glasgow, Enlistment Pollokshaws, Lanark

P/5634 Birth Elgin, Enlistment Elgin

40549 Resident Burslem, Staffs, Enlistment Hanley, Staffs

55441 Enlistment Leeds

204785 Enlistment Seaham Harbour, Durham

241489 Not on SDGW. Can't find an MIC

112265 Not on SDGW. Won DCM.

PS/3772 Born St Pancras, Resident Camden, Enlistment South Farnborough, Hants

10567 Born Bishop Aukland, Resident Sunderland, Enlistment Sunderland

7521, ??

30 August , 2011

You can rule out P/5634. He enlisted in 1897, aged 19. 6010 Seaforth Highlanders (as James Walker, oddly)

30 August , 2011

Cheers IPT

That should be another two ruled out