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NAME: Blacker, Walter George
RANK: Shipwright 1st Class
UNIT: Royal Navy
BATTALION ETC: HMS Good Hope
REGIMENTAL NUMBER: 345996
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH: Killed in action 1st November 1914
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK
OTHER INFORMATION: Age 30. Born 26th May 1884 at Deal, Kent. Joined navy 12th March 1903. Son of Walter & Amelia Sarah Blacker (Baptism certificate for Walter). Son of Walter & Millicent Blacker of Gosport (CWGC). Husband of Gertrude Ida Blacker of Strangford, Sydney Road, Gosport, Hants Married 5th October 1909. In 1911 living with in-laws at 34 Sydney Road, Gosport.