We remember Robert Walker

We remember Robert Walker

Timeline

Timeline

1898
birth Musselburgh, Midlothian United Kingdom Source:8544972 Source:8544974 1898
1915
dates Age 17 Source:8544972 22nd May 1915
1915
location 10 Bush Street, Musselburgh United Kingdom Source:8546635 22nd May 1915
employment Coalminer Source:8546736
enlistment Leith United Kingdom Source:8544974
service British Army Private 1962 Royal Scots 7th Battalion Source:8544972
1915
death Injuries received in Railway Collision (Body not identified). Quintinshill, Gretna Parish, Dumfriesshire United Kingdom Source:8544972 Source:8546743 Source:8546736 22nd May 1915
burial Edinburgh (rosebank) Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Edinburgh United Kingdom Memorial Ground - Gretna Railway Accident Source:8544972

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Robert
Initials R
Last Name Walker
Source 8544970
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
10 Bush Street, Musselburgh United Kingdom known 22nd May 1915
Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 1962 Royal Scots 7th Battalion Private
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Sarah Walker mother

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Official Records

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Yvonne27542
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Yvonne27542

External Evidence

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List of those involved in the Gretna Rail Disaster Yvonne27542
Quintinshill Roll of Honour Yvonne27542
Statutory Death Register (Scotland) Yvonne27542
Register of Corrected Death Registration Entries for soldiers’ deaths in the Quintinshill Disaster Yvonne27542

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