Soldier Record
George Walker
Contributed by: Robert M Waite, on 2008-11-11
| Rank | |
|---|---|
| First Name | George |
| Surname | Walker |
| Year of Birth | 1898 |
| Year of Death | 1960 |
| Regiment | Royal Field Artillery |
| Place of Wartime Residence | Enfield, Greater London |
George's Story
George Walker was my Grandfather (my Mothers Father) and he died in 1960 when I was nine years old. He suffered from Asthma all the time I knew him and was especially bad during the smogs we had in the London area at that time.
I only knew that he was gassed during WW1 and never recovered from the damage that was done.
I only have sketchy memories of him, but remember being very close to him in his last years.
His claim to fame was that he picked up a small girl who wanted to look over a wall. That small girl was Princess Elizabeth, later to become our Queen, Elizabeth II. The wall was in Buckingham Palace where he was carrying out some repair work on the plumbing.
No additional memories have been submitted