S. Nicholson has submitted the following
Walker Reginald Fydell. 2nd Lieutenant. 2nd Batt. Manchester Reg. Born 1894.
He was the son of David (Clergyman) and Martha Elizabeth Walker, late of Kirkby Fleetham Vicarage, Bedale, Yorks. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, 1908-13, Head of House, School Prefect, Choregus School football team. R.M.C. Sandhurst, 1913-14. He had been born at Grinton Vicarage, Richmond, Yorks. He lived at the Vicarage, Darlington
Anthony McCarthy has offered the following:
I might just add that 2nd Lieutenant Reginald Walker's grandfather, John Walker (1803/Kent), was a high court judge in India.
Reginald's father, Reverend David Walker, was born in Germany in 1854. He married Martha Elizabeth Smith in Leeds in 1892.
My Great Uncle, Private John Charles McCarthy, served under Reginald Walker. John Charles was killed at Trois Maisons c. 16/10/1914. His body was never found.
Reginald Fydell Walker is remembered at Darlington on D40.034 and D40.041
