209182 Dvr. Walter Joseph Foulkes British Army 8th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers from:Hulme, South Manchester Walter was born 16 Aug 1894 in Eccles as Walter Foulkes, son of Charles Edward Foulkes and Mary Jane Bennett. He grew up using the surname of his stepfather John Nolan, but enlisted as Walter Nolan in the 8th Lancashire Fusiliers in Salford, in June 1913. He tTransferred to the Machine Gun Corps, 125th Coy in 1916. He was demobilized in March 1919. He lived on as Walter Foulkes, but in his contacts with the Army (application for enlistment in the Army Reserves in 1921, his medals etc.) he always was Nolan, and his address that of his mother and stepfather.
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