Robert WALKER

Commemorated:
1. Book:	The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918	Pg.137
2. Memorial:	The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour	16A GQS

Awards & Titles:

Early Life :

When he is initiated into Freemasonry it is clear that he is a Plumber from Workington. With this knowledge it helps to narrow down the number of "Robert Walker" listed. The plumber reference unlocks the 1911 census and ties it to Workington.

John was born in 1888, the son of Dugald MacGregor and Elizabeth Connolly whilst they were living at 32 Washington Street, Workington. He had three sisters Sarah M. (b.1877), Rowena (b.1890) and Mary (b.1892). In 1911, the census shows that only Robert and Mary are still at the same address with their widowed father. He is listed as a Plumber, but also as a shopkeeper, with Robert dittoed as Plumber.

Service Life:

Campaigns:

The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.

Unit / Ship / Est.: Not Yet Known

Action : No Data

No Data has been recorded for the final action, because none has yet been found. If you have any information to offer, please contact the Project Team so we can add.

The Cumbrian local government had recorded lists from the Workington Star and Harrington Guardian that a Sergeant (highest rank) from Washington Street three times, showing that a) he was in the 11th Borders b) wounded in action 15th July 1916 and then reported missing by 1st December 1916. None of which ties in with the only recorded date of death (6.5.1918) in the masonic record. See more.

Masonic :

Type	Lodge Name and No.	Province/District :
Mother :	Sun and Sector No. 962 E.C.	Cumberland & Westmoreland

Initiated	Passed	Raised
21st January 1914	18th February 1914	18th March 1914

He is initiated in the immediate pre-war period, 1914 and listed as a 25 year old Plumber resident of Workington. The contribution records of Sun and Sector Lodge at the United Grand Lodge of England show "Killed in Action 6th May /18," which is recorded in the 1918 column, subscriptions up to 1916. The 1921 book lists him as 1 of 3 for Sun and Sector and as a Sergeant.

Source :

The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The (UK) National Archives
Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry

Additional Source:

Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
Researcher : Bruce Littley

Last Updated: 2021-02-10 16:00:01

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