THE MILITARY MEDAL TO CORPORAL R.A. WALKER, 227TH VOLUNTEER FORCE COMPANY, ROYAL ENGINEERS, WHO IS RECORDED ON THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES CASUALTY ROLL AS HAVING DIED AT HOME ON 27/11/1919. Military Medal, George V (officially impressed: 101187 L. Cpl. R.A. WALKER. 227 VF. Coy. R.E.). Extremely Fine.
Medal accompanied by copied extract from 1911 census, Medal Index card and London Gazette and Commonwealth War Graves details.
The 1911 census records Robert Walker as a 21 year old shop assistant, resident with his father, Fred Walker, a marine engine fitter, at Jarrow on Tyne. Walker's Military Medal is recorded in the London Gazette of 13/9/1918, which gives his home address as Jarrow. The Commonwealth War Graves roll records Walker as a Military Medal recipient who died at home on 27/9/1919, and being buried in Jarrow cemetery.
Awards announced in the 13/9/1918 edition of the London Gazette were for acts of gallantry during the period April - May 1918, and mostly for minor operations.
The 227th (Stockton-on-Tees) Voluntter Force Company, Royal Engineers, was raised at Marton Hall, Yorkshire, in November 1915 and saw service with the 39th Division.
