WALKER James Joseph

  • First Name(s):
    James 
    Joseph 
  • Surname:
    WALKER
  • Service Number:
    236092
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Herefordshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st/1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    17th April 1917
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Jerusalem Memorial, Israel, Panel 54.
  • Place of Birth:
    Newland, Malvern, Worcestershire, resident Guarlford, Malvern, enlisted Hereford
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Brother of Frank Walker, of New St., Upton-on-Severn, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

WALKER James Joseph Is Named On These Memorials

Guarlford St Mary the Virgin Church
Upton on Severn Memorial Hall
Upton on Severn St Peter and St Paul’s Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Upton on Severn Memorial Hall with the information: Pte.
Guarlford St Mary the Virgin Church with the information: Herefordshire Regt.

Further Information About WALKER James Joseph

The following report appears in the Upton News of 19th January 1918:
Mr and Mrs Walker, of New Street, Upton-on-Severn, who in the early part of last year were informed by the War Office that their son, Pte. James Walker, of the Hereford Regiment, was wounded and missing, have now received official intimation that he was killed in action in Egypt on April 17th.  The deceased was only 20 years of age.

(Missing in first attack on Gaza, 25th to 27th March 1917, and subsequent withdrawal. Battalion casualties in this action: killed 17, wounded 192, missing 26).  Listed in the Roll of Honour in the Herefordshire Regimental History “Manu Forti”., page 166.

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Credits: Researched by Brian Hill.