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World War 1 Death Lookup please

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Roger

Roger Report 24 Oct 2008 06:29

Hi Maureen,
Thank you.
Following the information I located and printed the pension images. Just not sure if this is MY Thomas Walker but everything seems to match. However I do not know if he married or had children. We know nothing about him except born in 1886 London. Parents Reuben Walker and Hannah. Sisters Emily Sarah Walker and Arabella Walker my Grandma.
I have of course all the census records.
Thanks a million,
Roger

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 23 Oct 2008 23:13

Pension Records

Name: Thomas Walker
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1885
Age at enlistment: 34
Birth Parish: Islington
Birth County: Middx
Document Year: 1919
Number of Images: 3


A possible


Will save the images. Looks like image 2 and 3 are the same. No names of wife or children are shown

Also found a possible medal card

Just send me a pm with your email addy if you want the images

Maureen

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Roger

Roger Report 23 Oct 2008 23:02

Hi Betty,
Thank you. However thi is not MY Thomas as mine was the son of Reuben and Hannah Walker of Islington, London.
Kind regards,
Roger

♥Betty Boo from Dundee♥

♥Betty Boo from Dundee♥ Report 23 Oct 2008 21:27

Could this be him?


Name: WALKER, THOMAS
Initials: T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
Unit Text: 52nd Bty. 15th Bde.
Age: 21


No it isn't ot you would really need to check the site yourself as there are too many with this name for me to find him.

Betty
Date of Death: 27/06/1918
Service No: 125522
Additional information: Son of Thomas and Jane Walker, of Airth, Stirlingshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. E. 6.
Cemetery: AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Roger

Roger Report 23 Oct 2008 19:38

Hi All,
Sorry away for a couple of days.
Thomas had no middle name that I know of.
We do not know what service he was in.
Such as our family is nobody knows anything about him and it is just "suggested" he must have died in the war. However somebody has now given me a war pension lead about a Thomas Walker b. Islington c1885 where the man has signed the form in 1919 as married with 2/3 children. That indicates the man was in the Royal Field Artillery (RFA). However at present I cannot establish if this is THE Thomas I am looking for.
Thank you all.

PollyPoppet

PollyPoppet Report 20 Oct 2008 13:28

DD HE HAVE ANY MIDDLE NAMES THAT MIGHT NARROW IT DOWN

Lorraine

Lorraine Report 20 Oct 2008 13:21

what force was in eg army navy, raf and what country did he die in

Researching:
derry,breakwell,kinnish,wadlow,penny,smith,woodward,cartwright.

Jim The Ferret

Jim The Ferret Report 20 Oct 2008 11:29

Roger,

what other info do you have about Thomas?
Parents?
Wife?
Address?
Regiment?
Date of death?

Any of these could help narrow down the search.

Jim

Researching:
Nelhams Kemp in Glamorgan/Somerset Dyer in Hailey Willows/Willers

Sam

Sam Report 20 Oct 2008 09:39

Have you checked www.cwgc.org?

Roger

Roger Report 20 Oct 2008 09:35

Hi I am in New Zealand.
Anybody have access to WW1 Death records and can please check
Thomas Walker b 1886 Islington London
Thanks a million,
Roger