World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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Philip Ilderton Walker, MC
Forename(s):
Philip Ilderton
Surname:
Walker, MC
Initial(s):
P I
Service Number:
Officer
Rank:
Captain
Regiment:
Canadian Expeditionary Force (Quebec Regiment), 24th Battalion, 'C' Company
Died:
28/08/1918
Aged:
21
Buried:
Québec Cemetery, Chérisy
Service History:
Walker's Canadian Attestation Papers (available via Ancestry.co.uk) reveal that, before the war, he served for 5 years with the Lower Canada College Cadets.
Awarded the Military Cross, 'London Gazette', 16 September 1918:
'...for conspicuous gallantry & devotion to duty. When the section of trench held by the Company of which this officer was in command had been obliterated & the wire destroyed by the enemy's bombardment, he disposed his men in new positions with great skill, & when the enemy attacked in some force he personally directed the fire of the Lewis Gun & the riflemen with such success that the attack was completely broken up, with very heavy losses. He set an admirable example of gallantry & coolness to all under his command.'
Background:
Born on 1 September, 1896, at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, the son of Ernest Abney & Florence Annie Walker, of The Manor House, Alnmouth, Alnwick, Northumberland.
Educated at Montreal, Canada.
Pre-enlistment occupation: Surveyor.
Local Memorial:
Alnmouth War Memorial