Private William James Walker

Army Number : 27606

Battalion : 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Cradley Heath, Staffordshire. Son of Edmund And Mary Walker, of 27, King Street, South Normanton, Alfreton, Derbyshire; Husband of Laura Shaw (Formerly Walker), of 22, Forest Street, Sutton-In-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. He enlisted at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire and was killed in action 29th September 1916, age 30.

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private William James Walker is also commemorated on the following local memorials:–
Sutton-in-Ashfield War Memorial (St. Michael and All Angels Cross), Nottinghamshire.
Sutton-in-Ashfield Cemetery War Memorial, Nottinghamshire.