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ERNEST CHARLES WALKER B 3/3/1890 COVENTRY???

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LorraineG

LorraineG Report 23 Feb 2008 08:33

I am trying to trace my great grandfather who gave his name as Ernest Charles Anthony Alouis' Walker. He was suppossed to have been born 3rd March 1890 in the Coventry area although I am not sure about this. He may have been brought up in a mining community. Family stories tell us he was a stable lad for the Duke of Norfolk at Arundel Castle, Sussex. He was in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps and served in India and attended the Delhi Durbar of 1911. He was in WW1 and served in France 1914-1916. He was at the first and second battles of Ypres and the battle of Loos. He was in the First Battalion of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps which was part of 6 Brigade 2nd Division. He was injured and sent to a rest camp on the Isle of Sheppey. it was here that he met my Great Grandmother Olive Constance Back. After he died in 1958 a story was told to his children that he and Olive never married and that they went to Brighton where he changed his name and they came back as Mr & Mrs Ernest Charles Walker. We have explored all avenues we can think of and have hit a brick wall. Can anybody help!

WayneTracey

WayneTracey Report 23 Feb 2008 08:44

So Lorraine his new name is Walker..... this was not the name he was born with?

Quoy

Quoy Report 23 Feb 2008 08:55

Hi found this
Birth
Olive Constance Back Dec 1895 East Ashford Kent
1901 cecus Sheerness Kent
Harold Back c1867 house painter Ashford Kent
Adela c1876 Eltham Kent
Olive c1896 Ashford Kent

Birth
Harold E Walker March Qua 1922 Sheppy mothers maiden name Back

LorraineG

LorraineG Report 23 Feb 2008 16:02

Thanks for all your suggestions, I have the Back family details it is the birth details of Ernest Charles ????? Walker but not sure what his surname really is. He gave his birth as 3/3/1890 but we're not even sure if this is right and he always said he was from the Coventry area.

LorraineG

LorraineG Report 23 Feb 2008 17:11

Thanks Joan, I will check those out but I'm unsure his name was Walker. He's a difficult man to find this one, my Mum has tried a couple of certificates but the story goes that he changed his name to Walker but no one has said what he changed it from. I smell a bit of a rat on this one. I will keep trying tho!