Born: 1896, Shipley
Died: 24 April 1917
Buried:
Address: 8 Park Street, Shipley
Parents: Harry & Elizabeth Ann
Spouse:
Siblings: nine
Occupation: Painter & Decorator
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: AB
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: St Paul’s, Shipley; Arras Memorial
Children:
Regiment: RNVR
Herbert Stanley Walker
Mr and Mrs Walker, 8
Park Street, Shipley,
have received official
notification that their
son, Able Seaman
Herbert Stanley Walker
(21) who has been on
service in the Arras
Section, has been killed.
Walker, who prior to the
war resided with his
parents, was educated at
the Otley Road Board
Schools.
He served his apprenticeship as
painter and decorator with Waite
Bros, Kirkgate Buildings, Shipley,
by whom he was employed when
he enlisted in the navy
in December 1915.
After training at Crystal
Palace and at Blandford,
he went out to France as
a machine gunner in the
Naval Division in
September 1916. He
was on the Arras sector
in many engagements
and Mrs Walker has now
received word that he
was killed on April 24th.
Lieut Arthur M Chalmers wrote:
“Just a few lines to express my
sympathy with you in your great
loss. Your son was in my section
and ever since he joined the
company in December, I have taken
a special interest in his career.
“He was one of the best men in my
section and showed an utter
fearlessness in the line, which
astonished even some of the oldest
hands we had. I had implicit
confidence in his integrity and
could entrust him with any job
which required someone who could
be absolutely depended upon.
“I was not with him at the time of
his death as the section was divided
in two and I was with the guns on
the right, he being with a new
officer, on the left. He died a
soldier’s death and his loss is very
hardly felt both by the officers and
the men in this company.”
Shipley Times & Express 1 June 1917
