Private James William Walker, 83738
- Batt -
- Unit - Machine Gun Corps
- Section - 86th Company
- Date of Birth - 26/8/1892
- Died - 22/11/1917
- Age - 25
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Mr and Mrs William Walker of 4, Normanton Cottages, Empingham, Rutland. Before enlistment he had been a butcher, he joined the Army Service Corps., and was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps. in January 1917. He embarked for France on the 26th August 1917 and fought on the Cambrai Sector. He was wounded on the 29th September, and killed on the 22nd November 1917.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Machine Gun Corps
- Former Unit - Army Service Corps
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Cambrai Mem., Louverval, France
- Born - Normanton, Rutland
- Enlisted - 9/3/16 In Northampton
- Place of Residence - Rushden, Northamptonshire, England
- Memorial - ST. PETER'S CHURCH, EMPINGHAM, RUTLAND
- Memorial - EMPINGHAM CEMETERY MEM., RUTLAND
