George Arthur Walker was born in 1898 in York. He was the 2nd child (of 7) of Alfred and Eliza (nee Carpenter). In 1911 he was still at school and living with his family at Littlethorpe near Ripon.

Before he enlisted in September 1915, he was working as a card box maker. He was serving as a private in the Royal Army Medical Corps when he was killed on 18th April 1918 at the age of 20. He is buried at Gonnehem British Cemetery.

Jenny Cowling