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Pte. Jacob Walker
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:New Abbey Dumfries
(d.30th Jul 1916)
Jacob Walker was the son of Alexander Walker and Jane Stoba of New Abbey in Dumfrieshire. Jacob was born in 1884. He served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers and was killed in action at the Somme on the 30th July 1916. His name is on the Thiepval Memorial.
Jacob was the brother of my husband's great grandmother.
His brother Alexander, who was in the Black Watch, also died during WW1.