Andrew Walker
Killed In Action 19th April 1916
*This image is possibly Sapper Andrew Walker of the 121st Field Company, Royal Engineers
Andrew won the Military Medal and died 19th April 1916, aged 23 and is buried at the Villees-Bocage Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
When Andrew enlisted in the Royal Engineers in September 1914, he was just over 6 feet tall and weighed 136 lbs. His eyes and hair were brown and he had a fresh complexion. He is noted to have had a tattoo of a clasped hand and heart on his forearm.
A skilled boilermaker and caulker he was attached to the Ulster Divison, at home until 1915, then was posted to the Western Front in October 1915 until his death. He died at Highland Casualty Clearing Station of cerebrospinal meningitis on 19 April 1916.
His mother and father John Walker and Agnes nee Hamilton were listed as next of kin on his service record, at 22 Glasgow Street. He also had an elder brother John Hamilton Walker born in Collyer Street in 1890. Andrew was born 2 years later in Steen Street on 1 July 1892.
The family can be found in Bute Street in 1901 and in Glasgow Street in 1911.
His mother received his medals posthumously in 1920 and 1921.
We have tentatively identified Andrew Walker based on comparison of the lantern slide to the newspaper clipping below. Do you agree?
