Wilfred Isaac Walker

Memorial: Wapley - St Peter's Church

Regiment: Queens Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal

Rank and number: Private T/242116

Parents: James and Elizabeth Walker

Home address: Codrington

Pre-war occupation: Farm Labourer

Date of birth: 1887

Place of birth: Old Sodbury

Date of death: 19/08/1918

Buried/Commemorated at: Vis-En-Artois Memorial (Panel 3), France

Age: 31

Further information:

Wilfred Isaac Walker was born in 1887 in Old Sodbury to parents James and Elizabeth Walker of Codrington and brother to George, John, Francis, Ernest and Harriet. The family lived in Codrington and James Walker worked as a road labourer, he had been born in Old Sodbury

Wilfred served first with the Somerset Light Infantry as private 21895 and then with 7th Battalion of the Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment also as a private

Wilfred died on the 19th August 1918 at the age of 31. He was awarded the British and Victory Medals. He is remembered on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France

Wilfred Isaac Walker is also remembered on the Wapley Cross War Memorial and the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Wapley

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

Yate and District Heritage Centre, Forces War Records and CWGC