Walter Stewart Barker died 19/8/18

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Trying to find if my Great Uncle is on a Salford memorial.  Served in 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment.

Thanks

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Does anyone have any tips on how I could find out if my great uncle is named on any memorials in Salford? He was Lance Corporal Walter Stewart Barker.

Thanks to some fantastic, awesome help from this forum I now know he went to St Hilda's School, Old Trafford and worked for J and N Phillips.

He was born in Salford and was the son of George Barker a Salford Councillor and was in the Manchester Regiment, 2nd Battalion.  He died on 19/8/18 aged 21.
thank you

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I am sorry to say that we have not found Walter's name on any of the memorials that still exist in Salford.

He is remembered in the Old Trafford/Stretford area. His name was inscribed on the St George's Church, Old Trafford, war memorial (I am uncertain if this memorial still exists) and in the Stretford WW1 Memorial Book.

Link to Walter's entry on the excellent Trafford War Dead site

Link to the Stretford WW1 Memorial Book Click on the image "Manchester Rgt 1" to see Walter's name.

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Thank you for that. I am hoping that we can go and view this book and the relevant page, perhaps combine it with a visit to the Manchester Regiment Museum. Now I have started this search I am surprised by how much I want to continue and I want to see if I can find any more about Walter and indeed the other brothers.  I am quite upset that like probably many others his name is not on a memorial, perhaps it is because of those 6 siblings, George, Stanley, Alfred, John, Walter and Anne, my father and brother are the last Barkers from that family.