Thomas Walker
Educated at Clowne.
Had worked at Clipstone Colliery and then for Boneham and Turner.
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Son of Samuel and Mary Walker 5 Maltby Road, Mansfield
He married Annie Wood in 1935 and they had twin sons, Barry and Eric, in 1936 and they lived at 28 Garden Road, Mansfield
In 1945 Annie married Alfred Day.
Died of wounds in Burma, possibly during the Battle of Kohima.
Mansfield Chronicle Advertiser: 15/6/1944: Fusilier Dieds of Wounds in Burma.
It is with deep regreats that we learn of the death from wounds of Fusilier Tom Walker aged 34 who died in Burma on 10th May. His wife and twin boys aged 8 years residing at 28 Radford Street, Mansfield are left to mourn their loss.
Fusilier T Walker when called up joined the Warwicks and was transferred to the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1942.
Previous to the war he worked at Clipstone Colliery but left owing to ill-health and was working at Boneham and Turner Mansfield when he was called to the colours. His school days were spent at Clowne. He is the son of Mr & Mrs Walker of 5 Maltby Road, Mansfield.
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