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FREDERICK GEORGE WALKER
Burstwick WW1 Memorial, 132 Main Street. Unveiled on 10th July 1920, by Colonel R Hall;
BORN BURSTWICK, 1898. SON OF ADA SARAH LEVITT (1871-1916) AND FRED ESCREET WALKER (1871-1937).
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS AND SERVED AS PRIVATE, 1160, 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF GAS WOUNDS AND PNEUMONIA, AT BURSTWICK, ON 14/10/1919, AGED 21 AND IS BURIED THERE.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, GEORGE WALKER, 21941, 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED AT OPPY WOOD, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 21. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS AND BURSTWICK WAR MEMORIALS.
Notes:
- 'Burstwick Shrine', Hull Daily Mail, 5 December 1916
- Yorkshire Heroes, Vol I: A Journey from Hull to Withernsea, Around Hornsea and Back to Hull Again, Malcolm Mann, 1996. pp. 397-398
- 'Burstwick Shrine Unveiled', Hull Daily Mail, 8 December 1917
- Burstwick Primitive Methodist Shrine, dedicated December 1917. Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries. Records 74 men serving in WW1.
- Burstwick WW1 Memorial, unveiled 10/07/1920. Attended by: Colonel R Hall; Local Clergy/Dignitaries; Ex-Servicemen. Records 17 died and 58 men returned.
Burstwick HU12 9HX
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