BORN WORKSOP, 06/11/1870. SON OF ROBERT H. WALKER, OF 52, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL.

MARRIED HARRIET ANN BELL (1873-1919), AT LINCOLN, 05/09/1894. THEY HAD THREE SONS & LIVED AT 256, WELHOLME ROAD, GRIMSBY (1911 CENSUS). SERVED IN THE RNR AS SKIPPER OF THE TRAWLER, LORD ROBERTS. KILLED ON 26/10/1916, AGED 47.

Lord Roberts, built by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1907 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 293 tons. On October 26th, 1916, Lord Roberts was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-11 (Max Schmitz), off the Shipwash lightvessel. 9 persons were lost.

1. BRUFORD, WILLIAM (38), Deck Hand (no. 5276DA), HMT Lord Roberts, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/10/1916, Son of Henry and Jane Bruford, of Watchet, Taunton; husband of Mary Elizabeth Bruford, of 5, Brookdale Terrace, Teignmouth, Devon, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial

2. CAIN, MICHAEL , Seaman (no. 1446D), HMT Lord Roberts, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/10/1916, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial

3. CLARK, JAMES WILLIAM , Deck Hand (no. 6723DA), HMT Lord Roberts, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/10/1916, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial

4. HUGHES, LAURENCE (28), Signaller (no. 5024B), HMT Lord Roberts, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/10/1916, Son of John and Bridget Hughes, of Callystown, Clogherhead, Drogheda, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial

5. LINDO, FRED (18), Trimmer (no. 5925TS), HMT Lord Roberts, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/10/1916, Son of Fred and Rebecca Lindo, of 8, Blanch Grove, Brighton St., Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial

6. RICHARDSON, WILLIAM (20), Telegraphist (no. Clyde Z/5566), HMT Lord Roberts, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †26/10/1916, Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Richardson, of Gateshead-on-Tyne, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial

7. RUSHANT, ALBERT STANLEY (20), Able Seaman (no. Tyneside Z/9899), HMT Lord Roberts, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †26/10/1916, Son of Walter Augustus and Martha Rushant, of Littlebury, Saffron Walden, Essex, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial

8. WALKER, HENRY ELLIS (47), Skipper, HMT Lord Roberts, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/10/1916, Husband of the late Harriet A. Walker; father of Robert H. Walker, of 52, De la Pole Avenue, Anlaby Rd., Hull. Native of Worksop, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial

9. WILLIAMS, DAVID MORRIS (31), Seaman (no. 7539A), HMT Lord Roberts, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/10/1916, Eldest son of Capt. John and Elizabeth Williams, of Stentir, Minffordd, Penrhyndeudraeth, Merioneth, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial