Walker, Richard Lloyd
Regiment: Imperial Yeomanry
Rank: Private
Service No: 1308
Boer War service: 2 Feb 1900 to 10 Jun 1901
Date of enlistment: 4 Jan 1900
Date of discharge: 18 Jun 1901
Reason for discharge: Termination of limited engagement
Other information: Richard’s brother, Harry, also served in the Imperial Yeomanry during the Second Boer War.
Born: 21 February 1878 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire and baptised 1 November 1893, aged 15 at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch, Shropshire.
Family: He was the youngest of 11 children born to John Walker, a baker and his wife Mary Sophia, nee Cullis. No marriage can be found for him.
Residence: In 1881 he was living with his parents and siblings at Portland Villas, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. By 1891 the family had moved to Way Mills, Whitchurch, Shropshire.
Employment: On his Attestation in 1900 his occupation was given as a farmer.
Death: 10 February 1932, aged 53, at Peckleton House, Chester Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire and buried in Whitchurch Cemetery on 13 February.
Other information: His occupation in 1911 was a baker and confectioner.