Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookthe North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =WALDUCK, LUKE=, Private, No. 8050, 1st Battn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., 2nd _s._ of John Walduck, of Westbury, Brackley, Railway Labourer, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Edmund Coleman; _b._ Drayton Parslow, co. Bucks, 16 Feb. 1886; educ. Mixbury, Oxon; enlisted 10 Oct. 1905, and was killed in action at St. Julien, France, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._ =WALFORD, HENRY=, Officer's Steward, 2nd Class, L. 2829, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =WALFORD, HERBERT ASHFORD=, Private, No. 2026, 1/14th Batt. (London Scottish) The London Regiment (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late Thomas Charles Walford, of Maidenhead, Mineral Manager, Great Western Railway, by his 1st wife, Mary Ann Ashford, dau. of Thomas Hobbs, of Tiverton; _b._ Southall, co. Middlesex, 26 Feb. 1889; educ. Maidenhead College; was on the staff of Messrs. Eveson & Co., Coal Merchants; joined the London Scottish, Feb. 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 15 Sept. 1914, was reported missing after the charge of the London Scottish at Messines, 31 Oct. following, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that date. He was _unm._ His younger brother, Private L. F. Walford, who was in the same battn. was wounded and taken a prisoner on this occasion and died the next day (see following notice). =WALFORD, LESLIE FRANCIS=, Private, No. 2048, 1/14th Battn. (London Scottish), The London Regt. (T.F.), second _s._ of the late Thomas Charles Walford, of Maidenhead, Mineral Manager, Great Western Railway, by his 1st wife, Mary Ann Ashford, dau. of Thomas Hobbs, of Tiverton; _b._ Southall, 6 Aug. 1891; educ. Maidenhead College; was Clerk to Wm. Cory's, Mark Lane; joined the London Scottish, May, 1914; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 15 Sept. 1914; was wounded and taken prisoner during the charge of the London Scottish at Messines, 31 Oct. 1914, and died the following day; _unm._ Buried at Messines-Wytschaete. =WALFORD, OLIVER ROBSON=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt., elder _s._ of the late Col. William Swordes Walford, of Warden Lodge, Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, R.A., by his 1st wife, Mary Ella, dau. of George Robson, of Altwood, Maidenhead Thicket; _b._ Warden House, Weymouth, co. Dorset, 25 June, 1895; educ. Connaught House, Weymouth; Charterhouse, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Hampshires, 13 Jan. 1915; went to France, 25 Jan., and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 26 April, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Oliver Robson Walford.=] =WALKER, ALFRED LEVI=, Private, No. 14450, 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, yst. _s._ of the late Walter George Walker, of Hackett Lane, Thornbury, co. Glos., Butcher, by his wife, Sophia (Crossways, Thornbury), dau. of Henry Honeyborne; _b._ Easton Hill, Thornbury, 10 March, 1889; educ. Board School there; enlisted in 1909, and was killed in action near Ypres, 10 Nov. 1914; _unm._ =WALKER, ANTHONY THORNTON=, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. Rifle Brigade, 2nd _s._ of John Walker, of Bawtry, co. York, by his wife, Dorothy Mary, dau. of Thomas Taplin Wickham, of Bideford, N. Devon; _b._ Bawtry, 9 May, 1894; educ. Dulwich Preparatory School, from which he obtained a scholarship to Uppingham School, and from Uppingham secured an open scholarship and exhibition at University College, Oxford; joined the Public Schools Battn. Middlesex Regt. Aug. 1914, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 8th Rifle Brigade, 2 Dec. following; left for France, 25 July, 1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, 30 July, 1915, the day after he joined his battn. in the trenches; _unm._ At Uppingham he was captain of football, and played for his college at Oxford. He was also very musical, and was leader of the orchestra at Uppingham. [Illustration: =Anthony Thornton Walker.=] =WALKER, ARCHIE NORMAN=, L.-Corpl., No. 924, 13th Battn. 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 6th _s._ of Robert Percival Hoar, of 22, Quanza Street, Beach, East London, South Africa, by his wife, Cornelia Isabella (Nellie) Hoar, dau. of Peter Fostin; _b._ Cathcart, South Africa, 4 April, 1893; educ. East London; went to Australia in 1914; joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 22 Sept. 1914; left with the second reinforcements, and died 23 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at the Dardanelles; _unm._ He was buried at sea from H.M. Hospital ship Nevasa in lat. 36.49N, long. 1° 2E. [Illustration: =Archie Norman Walker.=] =WALKER, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3752), S.S. 1069, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =WALKER, EDMUND BASIL=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. George Sherbrooke Walker, M.A., Rector of March, by his wife, Jessie Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Carter, of Hazelwood, Edgbaston; _b._ Birmingham, 8 Aug. 1888; educ. The Towers, Portinscale, Keswick; Sherborne School, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and soon after leaving college, went as a master to Sherborne Preparatory School. On 23 March, 1912, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Dorsetshire Regt. (Special Reserve), and after war broke out joined his regt. at the Front, afterwards transferring to the 1st Battn. Royal West Kents, and was given a commission in that regt. 2 Jan. 1915; took part in the heavy fighting for Hill 60, near Ypres, and was killed in action there, 18 April, 1915; _unm._ He had been called upon to undertake the Senior Captain's duty and he volunteered for the post of danger with the machine-guns on Hill 60, near Ypres. He was on the Hill all through the awful night of Saturday 17, when so many fell--with two officers under him, and in the early morning, just as day was breaking, their company was relieved. They had left the ridge of the hill, when with his usual devotion to duty he suddenly said to his fellow officer: "You go on--I'll follow in a minute," and turned back again, explaining that he wanted to make sure all was right for the relief company just coming to take their place. So he went back--and in doing this, lost his own life, for he was shot dead. He was buried in the little military cemetery near Ypres. Major Dunlop, officer in command of the Battn., wrote: "I found your son of great assistance to me, as he was not only devoid of fear, but was an exceptionally keen officer, and, I am sure, would have made a great name for himself had he survived. Anyone who knew him could not help admiring him." An officer, working with Lieut. Walker when he was killed, wrote: "on all sides I heard mention of his bravery. He stood on the top of the hill, directing operations, and was actually handling the machine-gun at the time he was shot in the throat, and died instantly. He had volunteered for the post of danger." Lieut. Walker was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 5 April, 1915. He was in the O.T.C. at both Sherborne and Ca |