Private Thomas Walker, 42493
- Batt - 15
- Unit - Durham Light Infantry
- Section -
- Date of Birth - 31/10/1876
- Died - 16/09/1916
- Age - 40
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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 Mrs E. Walker. He embarked for France in August 1916, and was killed in an attack on the Gird Trench during the Battle of the Somme, when the 15th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry suffered very heavy losses from enemy machine gun fire.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Durham Light Infantry
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Thiepval Mem., Somme, France
- Born - Lyddington, Rutland
- Enlisted - 1915 In Leicester
- Place of Residence - Lyddington, Rutland, England
- Memorial - ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, LYDDINGTON, RUTLAND
