WALKER Frank

Enlisted and resident Worcester.

The birth of Frank Walker is registered in the June Quarter 1894 under the Worcester Registration District.

1901 Census
16 Vincent Road, Worcester
Daniel Walker, head, age 36, Railway Clerk, born Chester
Emily Walker, wife, age 35, born Worcester
Harry Roberts, step son, age 13, born Worcester
Frank Walker, son, age 6, born Worcester
Horace Walker, son, age 5, born Worcester
Reginald Walker, son, age 4, born Worcester
Mary Green, mother-in-law, widow, age 60, born Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

1911 Census
22 Sebright Avenue, Worcester
Daniel Walker, head, age 46, Railway Clerk, born Chester, Cheshire
Eleanor Emily Walker, wife, age 45, married 18 years, 4 children 3 still living 1 deceased, born Worcester, Worcestershire
Frank Walker, son, age 16, Railway Clerk, born Worcester, Worcestershire
Reginald Walker, son, age 14, Office Boy, born Worcester, Worcestershire
Eleanor Walker, daughter, age 9, born Worcester, Worcestershire
Mary Green, mother-in-law, widow, age 60, born Lansden, Oxfordshire

Great Western Railway Roll of Honour:
Frank Walker, Clerk, Goods Department, Worcester, GWR Magazine May and July 1917.

Source: The Great Western Railway in the First World War by Sandra Gittins, 2010.

Death reported in the Great Western Railway staff magazine, reference 1917/05/98.  Photo in the Great Western Railway staff magazine, reference 1917/07/142.

A photograph of Private F. Walker of Worcester can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 10th March 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

Frank Walker has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.