Joseph Louis Walker (1898 - 1918)

Born 1898 in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England

Ancestors

Died 21 Nov 1918 at about age 20 in Flanders France

Biography

Joseph was born in 1898. He was the son of Albert Walker and Elizabeth Farmer. . He died of wounds in France in the Fields of Flanders on the 21st of November 1918 aged 20 . According to his sister Miriam he was first buried at Riems then later moved to Roisel Cemetery. Joseph's regiment was The Machine Gun Corps Infantry. According to records recently viewed he was first in the York and Lacashire Rifles.

In Flanders field the poppies grow, between the crosses row on row that mark our place, and in the sky the Larks still bravely singing, fly scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead short days ago, lived, saw dawn, saw sunset glow. Loved and were loved and now we lie in Flanders Fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe. To you from failing hands we throw. The torch be yours to hold it high If ye break faith with us who die. We shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders Fields.

Poem found on http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/john-mccrae-in-flanders-fields.htm

Sources

• Family information.
• War records.
• http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/299790/WALKER,%20JOSEPH%20LOUIS

See also:https://www.wikitree.com/photo.php/8/89/Walker-12913.pdf

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