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JOSEPH THOMAS PROCTOR WALKER
Withernsea WW1 Memorial, Queens Street.
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF GEORGE AND MARIA WALKER, OF 86, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL. YOUNGEST OF SIX CHILDREN.
HE MARRIED ANNIE MADGE WORRALL, IN PATRINGTON, IN 1912.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 45774, YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 20TH MANCHESTER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 07/10/1917, AGED 31.
BURIED AT HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READ, "SOON TO FAITHFUL WARRIORS COMES THEIR REST".
HIS PROBATE ADDRESS WAS 86, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL.
HE LEFT HIS ARMY EFFECTS AND £202 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, ANNIE MADGE WORRALL AND SON, TOM. THEY LATER MOVED TO WITHERNSEA.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE WITHERNSEA WW1 MEMORIAL. The memorial was erected in 1923 at a cost of £451, the funds for which were collected through public subscription. A service of dedication was held in 1924. Inscribed in four columns, are the names of sixty-four men killed in World War I.
HIS SISTERS ANNIE AND MINNIE, BROTHERS JACK, GEORGE AND CHARLIE, WROTE A MEMORIAM TO HIM IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, 07/10/1918.
| Name | Joseph Thomas Proctor Walker |
|---|---|
| Death Date | 7 Oct 1917 |
| Death Place | Hooge Crater Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Manchester Regiment |
| Battalion | 20th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 51688 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 45774, Yorkshire L.I. |
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