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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Hull, - the Minster Church |
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The Memorial to the Walker Brothers in the Minster Church, Hull
Photo : Tom Wheeldon
In Hull's Minster Church there is an ornate wooden shrine containing a dedication plaque and a Book of Remembrance contained within a glass case. This is described below.
However, there is also a brass memorial plaque that commemorates two Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment. This is illustrated, above, and details of the two Officers commemorated follow.
Captain Dennis Henry Walker. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of W. S. and E. S. Walker, of "Milesden," Newland
Park, Hull. Killed 26 January 1916. Aged 26.
Buried LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY.
The following notes are from Robert Coulson's
Biographies of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"Denis Walker was born in Middlesex in 1889.
A pre-war territorial, he was with the 5th Battalion at Scarborough on August
4th 1914 when they were mobilised.
He didn’t sail with the first detachment to France but joined them at
Pont de Nieppe on July 17th 1915. The battalion spent the bulk of that year
in the Armentieres sector and it wasn’t until November that Captain
Walker and his men moved into rest billets at Outtersteene.
On December 19th 1915 the battalion were moved into the Ypres Salient in huts
at Dickebusche and January 1916 saw them in the front line around Hill 60
and Sanctuary Wood.
Captain Denis Henry Walker was killed whilst supervising a working party repairing
the parapet of the trench on January 26th 1916 aged 26.
His grave can be visited today in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery to the south
west of Ypres, one mile south of the Poperinghe bypass.
Denis Walker was the son of Captain W S Walker, late of the Yorkshire Regiment
and Mrs Edith Sarah Walker of “Milesden”, Newland Park in Hull."
Captain Leslie Bedford Walker. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Capt. W. S. Walker (late 5th Bn. Yorkshire Regt.) and Edith
Sarah Walker, of "Milesden," Newland Park, Hull. Killed 1 July 1917.
Aged 26.
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN.
The following notes are from Robert Coulson's
Biographies of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"Like his brother Denis, listed above, Leslie Walker was also born in
Middlesex in 1891.
After the April 1917 Battle of Arras Captain Walker and the 5th Battalion
were in June moved to front line trenches west of Fontaine les Croisilles.
On June 26th an attack was planned on the German position known locally as
Rotten Row, situated close to Fontaine.
Captain Walker was wounded in this action and taken from the battlefield for
treatment to his injuries.
Captain Leslie Bedford Walker died of his wounds one week later on July 1st
1917 aged 26.
His grave can be found today in St Sever Cemetery at Rouen, which was one
of the main hospital centres for the troops.
Captain Walker’s parents were as listed above in his brother’s
details."
The Wooden Shrine and Book of Remembrance
The Wooden Shrine in the Minster Church, Hull
Photo : Paul Clarke of the Imperial War Museum's Register
of War Memorials website
Associated with the above shrine, is a Book of Remembrance held
in a glass case. This book commemorates some 2500 names of those from Hull
who lost their lives in the First World war (other numbers mention 4000 names)..
The names are recorded in script.
In the photograph below, one soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment is amongst
the names commemorated.
One
of the pages in the Book of Remembrance in the Minster Church, Hull
Photo : Paul Clarke of the Imperial War Museum's Register
of War Memorials website
Private Harold Reginald Maslin. 33435. 2nd Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 2486 East Yorks Regt. Husband of Emily Maslin,
of 17, Victoria St., Derringham St., Hull. Killed 2 April 1917. Aged 32.
Born Hull, Enlisted Hull.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
The
Minster Church, Hull
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