Private William Howitt-Walker

Army Number : 242541 (formerly 2504)

Battalion : 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Heanor, Derbyshire. Son of John and Hannah Rebecca, of 85, Loscoe Road, Heanor. He was a Hosiery Frame worker prior to enlisting at Ilkeston, Derbyshire. He died of wounds 3rd June 1917.

Buried: Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row T. Grave 11

Private Howitt-Walker is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Lawrence’s Church War Memorial, Heanor, Derbyshire.