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  • Leyburn
  • North Yorkshire, England
  • Elder son of William and Sarah Ness-Walker, of Danby-in-Cleveland. Yorkshire; 29 Westlands, Sunderland
  • Richmond Grammar School and Fettes College, Edinburgh
  • Sollicitor in Whitby
  • Commemorated on a brass tablet in Danby Church and on the local war memorial

Military service

  • Major
  • M C
  • 251st Brigade Royal Field Artillery "B" Bty.
  • Durham Light Infantry
  • Formerly n° 7/2655; gazetted 2nd Lt. in the 2nd Northumbrian Brigade (RFA), April 1913; to France 20 April 1915; MC for gallantry with his Battery at Arras in May 1917 as temporary Captain, acting Major;

Death

  • 30 December, about 2.15 pm, when on his way to brigade headquarters
  • Died of wounds
  • 32
  • XXVI - D - 6

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