206719 S/Sgt. John Walker British Army 26th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery from:Stenhousemuir My father, John Walker joined the Royal Artillery in Stirling in February 1940 (service number 1551813). He was posted to the 26th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (LTAA) and after serving in Scotland, was transferred to the Middle East Forces, leaving Liverpool on 11 November 1941.
He was in the front line in the Middle East and suffered ear damage from the artillery fire (for which he eventually received a pension - in 1992, 50 years later!). Having been medically graded A1 on joining the Army, he was downgraded to B (6 or 7) in Haifa, Palestine, in 1942. After the medical downgrading he was ex-regimentally employed with AG16 HQ (Adjutant General's HQ Administration Corps) within a year of action in the Middle East, and was promoted to staff sergeant.
He met my mother, Leading Aircraft Woman Irene Alice Payn, in Jerusalem in 1945 and they were married in St Andrew's Church (Church of Scotland) in Jerusalem on 22 October 1945. I would love to hear from anybody who recalls either of my parents, both now, sadly dead.
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