John Walker

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Rothesay
  • Service no: 260034
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
  • Unit/Ship: 5th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 17.05.1917
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Arras Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Bay 8 & 9

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Ellangowan, Fife
  • Address: Crawford Lodge, Perth Rd, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Margaret Walker, Crawford Lodge, Perth Rd, Dundee

  • Father:

    John Walker, Crawford Lodge, Perth Rd, Dundee

  • Siblings:

    David Burns Walker

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about John Walker

John has no known grave but is remembered on the Arras Memorial. He was the brother of Pte David Burns Walker, 11944, 14th Battalion Black Watch, who was killed in action 07.08.1918.

John Walker   260034   Gordon Highlanders

WALKER—Killed in action, on the 16th May, Private John Walker, Gordon Highlanders, second and beloved son of Mr and Mrs Walker, Crawford Lodge, Perth Road, Dundee, (late of Montrose).

Dundee Peoples Journal 16th June 1917

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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