John WALKER
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- John WALKER. Killed in action at the battle of the Somme, France, 1 July 1916.
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John McGreeghan WALKER. Private 19469, 107th Machine Gun Corps, (Infantry) formerly 12451, Royal Irish Rifles. Born 12 July 1884 at Ballyrogan, County Down to John and Mary Ann Walker, nee McGreeghan of Ballyrogan, later of Greengraves, Newtownards. Husband of Ellen Walker, of Ballyoran, Dundonald, County Down. Killed in action 1st July 1916. His widow was granted a war gratuity 5 May 1917 revised 9 October 1919. At rest in Serre Road Cemetery No2, Somme, France.
Photograph taken near the Comber War Memorial, County Down, Northern Ireland on Remembrance Day 2020.
