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Captain Henry John Innes Walker, a New Zealander serving with the British Army, has finally been laid to rest alongside six unknown soldiers who were killed during the First World War. Known to his family as Jack, Capt Walker enlisted into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment as did one of the unknown soldiers. The five remaining soldiers were buried as unknown soldiers of unknown regiments at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s New Irish Farm Cemetery in Ieper, Belgium.
The service, organised by the MOD’s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC) was held on 18 April 2018 and was conducted by the Reverend Stuart Richards CF, Chaplain to the 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
Louise Dorr of the MOD’s JCCC said: “It is a great honour to be here today to lay to rest these seven brave men who paid the ultimate price in the service of King and country. Although saddened that the six will remain unknown, I am delighted that we managed to return Captain Walker’s name to him and especially thrilled that his great nephews have travelled so far to be with us today.”
Following the archaeological dig in April 2016, the JCC…
