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Recruiting pass for James Walker
1917, Paper
Recruiting pass for James Walker
Recruiting pass for James Walker
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23266
Title
Recruiting pass for James Walker
Description
A recruiting pass for James Walker dated 25/02/1917. The pass is made of thin paper and has faded and ripped over time. The age of James Walker at recruitment was 18; he was just over 5ft tall.
A memo on the bottom of the pass reads: This pass must be given to each Recruit as soon as he takes his seat in the train, or embarks, with instructions to be careful to deliver it, on arrival at his destination, to the Sergeant who meets him: if from the distance to be travelled he receives subsistence beyond the date of starting, it should be stated.
It also states: It is requested that the bearer of this Pass, should he by accident miss his passage, may receive assistance, to forward him to his destination, from all police authorities, Railway officials, and Officers of steamships.
Date
1917
Type
Paper
Location
Museum of Edinburgh
Accession number
H3717/4/73
The pass was for James Walker, the younger brother of an Edinburgh-based man, Sergeant John Walker. It is part of a collection of items relating to Sgt. Walker and his brothers.
In civilian life, Walker was originally from Haddington, but lived in Leith, and worked as a butcher. He and three brothers joined the army. Walker eventually joined the Seaforth Highlanders, where he was awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal. He was killed by a shell in the area around Vimy and Thelus on 15th April 1917. The collection includes several photographs with holes made by the shrapnel which killed him. A set of photograph postcards of Walker's grave and other memorials, some of which include a man in military uniform, may have been taken by Walker's brothers touring the area immediately after the Armistice.
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