222448 Pte. Louis Walker British Army 19th Battalion, E Company, Platoon XIX Lancashire Fusiliers from:Salford My sister and I never met our grandfather, Louis Walker, who died aged just 50 in 1944. All we know is what our Dad told us. Louis was the son of a publican, the youngest of nine children, and grew up in Salford, which was a very poor area at the beginning of the twentieth century.
He joined the Salford Lads Club, established to get young men off the street. Louis learned to box there and made many friends. These were the patriotic lads who responded to the call to arms by joining up as the 'Salford Pals'. My Dad said his father never recovered from seeing most of his friends struck down on the Somme.
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