Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: William Walker, Fishery Reserve, who was killed on 25 February 1945 when S.T. Aquarius hit a mine off Grimbsy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty condolence slip, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. K. E. Walker, 97 Newmarket Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire’, extremely fine (3) £80-£100

William Walker, a fisherman from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, was born in 1907. It appears that he attested into the Royal Navy for service during the Second World War and was released early to return to his work as a Fisherman. He was killed on 25 February 1945 whist serving as a Second Hand in the fishing vessel S.T. Aquarius when she hit a mine off Grimsby, and sank with the loss of all ten men. He is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.