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William James Walker

Service No. 27606

Age 30

Died on 29 September 1916

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Somme, France

Son of Edmund and Mary Walker, of 27, King St., South Normanton, Alfreton, Derbyshire; husband of Laura Shaw (formerly Walker), of 22, Forest St., Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.

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john weston

We will remember them today, tomorrow and always.

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Henry Harrison

William, O valiant heart, who to your glory came ….. your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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We will remember them.

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William James Walker was born in Cradley Heath, Staffordshire during 1887. He married Laura Whitehouse at St Marys Parish Church, Sutton-in-...

john weston

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William, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, but, as a former soldier in the 1st and 7th Battalio...

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