Dates:
War Service:
Gunner 70674 ERNEST WALKER of 290 Seige Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery was killed in action near Boesinghe on 20 July 1917.
He is buried in Canada Farm Cemetery near Ypres.
Location of Memorial:
He is remembered on the war memorial at St Dunstan’s College in Catford and in the pages of the History of the Old Dunstonians Rugby Football Club.
Details:
He was born in New York on 28 June 1886, the son of Mr John R Walker. The family later moved to Lingard Road, Lewisham. He was a pupil at St Dunstan’s College from 1894-1900.
Source:
St Dunstan's College Roll of Honour 1914-1919 : D W Collett, BA (1988)
Contributed By: Andy Pepper
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