Colonel James Scarlett Ascroft Walker (1888-1952), vice-chairman of Walker Brothers (Wigan)
1952 Obituary [1]
We have learned with regret of the death of Colonel J. S. A. Walker, M.I.C.E., M.I.Mech.E., which occurred at Ruthin Castle, North Wales on October 17th.
Colonel Walker, who was sixty-five, was vice-chairman of Walker Brothers (Wigan), Ltd., with which firm he had been actively engaged as a full-time director until his retirement in 1947.
He was a part-time member of the North Western Electricity Board, and chairman of the governing body of the Wigan and District Mining and Technical College.