BORN HULL 1897. SON OF MILDRED PEARSON ROCKS (1865-1933) & JOHN LECK WALTON (1857-1914), OF 9, DERWENT AVENUE, WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL, (1901 CENSUS) & THEN 4, WALTER LANE, LUDDENDENFOOT, HALIFAX, WEST YORKSHIRE, UK. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS.
ENLISTED HALIFAX. SERVED IN THE 2ND/6TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/11/1917, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE CAMBRAI MEMORIAL.
HIS BROTHER, LANCE SERGEANT, WILLIAM WALTON, 7TH EYR, WHO WAS ALSO BORN IN HULL, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/02/1917, AGED 25
I am grateful to John Hartley for the following information, regarding David Walton and his brother William Walton:-
1) DAVID WALTON
It does not say that David worked at Luddendenfoot, West Yorkshire, in the newspaper article, but I know he did as I’ve discovered this info from another source
HEBDEN BRIDGE TIMES
FRIDAY DECEMBER 14, 1917
(BRIEF OBITUARY)
2) HEBDEN BRIDGE TIMES
FRIDAY JANUARY 4, 1918
(PHOTO) WILLIAM WALTON
Please note that William changed regiments from East Yorkshire Regiment to West Yorkshire Regiment and then back to the East Yorkshire Regiment at the time of his death
HALIFAX COURIER
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 13, 1915
(LETTER TO FRANK YELLAND)
3) HALIFAX COURIER
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 24, 1917
(OBITUARY)
4) HEBDEN BRIDGE TIMES
FRIDAY MARCH 16, 1917
(PHOTO) -CAMERA TAKEN PHOTO
5) Luddendenfoot War Memorial (with the appropriate enlarged section)
