Robert Russell Walker

Rank 
Lieutenant
Regiment 
London Regiment
Date of death 
23 March 1918
Age of death 
27
Address 
5 George Cottages
Violet Road
South Woodford
Woodford
RED
E18 1DG
Address source 
1911 Census
Cemetery / Memorial 
France
Biography 

Robert Russell Walker, the eldest of five children, was born in 1890 to Robert (Commercial Traveler in General Drapery) and Alice Walker. In 1891 he is living with his family at Jasmine Villa Daisy Road, South Woodford. In 1901 he is living with his family at 5 Clifton Terrace, Maybank Road. In the 1911 census he is listed as an Accounts Clerk to a Chartered Accountant,  living with his mother and four siblings at 5 Georges Cottages, Violet Road, South Woodford. His Probate record gives the address of 88 Pulteney Road, South Woodford, which was also the family home. His father Robert had passed away in 1902.

Robert Walker joined the Army in 1914, and by 1918 he had been Commissioned. He was sent to the Western Front and killed in action on 23rd March 1918. He was buried in Savy British Cemetery, France.

Research by Adrian Lee and Redbridge Museum

Sources:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Ancestry.com