251026 L/Cpl. Julien Merral Walton British Army 20th Battalion Royal Fusiliers from:Halifax, Yorkshire (d.21st May 1917) During World War I, Julien Walton enlisted in the Sportsman's Battalion in 1915, and served as a Lance Corporal with the 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He was killed on the 21st of May 1917 and is remembered on the Arras Memorial to the Missing.
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211244 Pte. Lewis Walton British Army 1/5th Battalion Durham Light Infantry from:Thurstonland, Huddersfield (d.5th June 1919) I'm afraid I don't know anything about my great uncle, Lewis Walton's service except that he survived the Great War and died in Salisbury Isolation Hospital. I presume he died in the big Flu epidemic.
He his buried in his home village of Thurstonland, near Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, he was 20 years old when he died.
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564 Pte. R. S. Walton Army 5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
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233331 Sgt. R. T. Walton British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers from:Newcastle R Walton was wounded in 1916
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300484 Sgt. Robert Walton British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
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250110 Pte. Roy Cochran Walton United States Army 39 Machine Gun Battalion Company A from:California
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234876 Cpl. Sydney Walton British Army 15th Btn., C Coy. West Yorkshire Regiment (d.1st July 1916)
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2004 Pte Thomas Cameron Walton British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers (d.15th May 1916) Walton, Thomas, Cameron. Private, 19/1049, Killed in action on 15th May 1916. Aged 19 years. Member of "Z" Coy.
Buried in Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, Pas de Calais, in grave I. A. 9.
Son of Thomas Cameron Walton and Mary Ann Walton, of 1 17, West View, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Born at Alston, Cumberland. A student teacher.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
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218022 L/Sgt. William Walton British Army 2nd Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps (d.23rd Mar 1915) L/Sgt. William Walton served with the King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion. He was executed for desertion on 23rd March 1915 aged 26 and is buried in Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, St. Omer, France.
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248207 AbleSea. William Robert Walton MID.Royal Navy HMS Lupin Robert Walton was Mentioned is Despatches for minesweeping ops 1st of Jan to 30th June 1918
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254593 Gnr. Willie Walton British Army 306th Brigade, D Battery Royal Field Artillery from:Kelbrook (d.28th November 1917)
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254819 Gnr. Willie Walton British Army 306th Brigade, D Battery Royal Field Artillery from:Kelbrook (d.28th November 1917)
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254951 Gnr. Willie Walton British Army D Bty. 306th Brigade Royal Field Artillery from:Kelbrook (d.28th Nov 1917)
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255034 Gnr. Willie Walton British Army D Bty. 306th Brigade Royal Field Artillery from:Kelbrook (d.28th Nov 1917)
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218172 Coolie Fayou Y. Wan Chinese Labour Corps from:China (d.15th Feb 1919) F.Y. Wan served with the Chinese Labour Corps. He was executed on 15th February 1919 for murdering two people and is buried in St Sever Cemetery Extesnion, Rouen, France.
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615 Pte. G. J. Wandless Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Pte Wandless was wounded during the Bombardment whilst serving at Heugh Battery on the 16th of December 1914.
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217740 Coolie Ch'un Ch'ih Wang Chinese Labour Corps (d.8th May 1919) Wang Ch'un Ch'ih served with the Chinese Labour Corps and was executed for murder on 8th May 1919. He is buried in the Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery in Belgium. In the courtyard outside stands a very grim reminder of the Great War - the post to which at least one soldier was tied before he was executed. Wang Ch'un Ch'ih, who was convicted of murder and executed here on the 8th of May 1919 - after the Armistice but still during what was officially designated wartime. The execution post stands next to a large silvered panel on which a few words from a Kipling poem (The Coward) are inscribed - including the words 'blindfold and alone' - also the title of an excellent book on the subject of executions during the First World War
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254825 Stkr1. Charles Wanger Royal Navy HMS Gaillardia from:Bow, London (d.22nd March 1918) Charles Wanger was my 1st cousin to lose 2 sons to the Great War, Charles who died on HMS Gaillardia on 22nd of March 1918 and his brother Albert William (born 30th of Jan 1896) who died on the HMS Indefatigable at the Battle of Jutland in the North Sea on 31st of May 1916.
Both brothers were born in Bow, London.
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247266 Pte. William Wanless British Army 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment from:Hull (d.1st July 1916) William Wanless was the illiterate son of a very poor family. His father was dead and along with his mother, sister and brother, he worked as a rag and bone gatherer. In his last letter from the front he asked for cigarettes for the men in his platoon. A friend 10966 Pte E W Andrew wrote to let his family know of his death in action. The news 'deprived his mother of speech'.
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211054 L/Cpl. Arthur Wanley British Army 5th Battallion Durham Light Infantry from:Stockton-on-Tees (d.20 May 1917) Arthur Wanley was my grandmother's brother. He served with 5th Batallion of Durham Light Infantry. They were involved in the Battle of Arras at the time of his death in May 1917. He is buried at the military cemetery at Mont Houn, Le Treport, France. It would seem that he was taken there due to injuries received as Le Treport had approximately 5 major hospital units at the time and is a distance away from Arras.
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229142 Sea. Charles Wannell Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve HMS Challenger from:Topsham, Devon Charles Wannell was one of seven friends, all in the RNVR, from Topsham in Devon who served on HMS Challenger in E. and W. Africa during WW1.
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252371 PO George Robert Wannell Royal Navy HMS Lavender (d.5th May 1917)
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250730 Pte. James Want British Army 14th Btn. Essex Regiment from:Romford,Essex (d.9th April 1918) James Want was a conscript into 14th Battalion Essex, Regiment. He was wounded and patched up and transferred into 6th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). He died of wounds in a hospital near Doullens, France and is buried there in an extension to communal cemetery. RIP
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500721 Spr. William Harold James Want British Army 155th Field Coy Royal Engineers (d.7th Jun 1917)
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250090 Pte. Edwin Warburton British Army Leicestershire Regiment from:Countesthorpe
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226814 2nd Lt. Ernest Warburton British Army 5th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Ernest Warburton was captured at Arras. He was imprisoned in Karlsruhe and Schwarmstedt POW Camps.
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248991 Pte. Frederick "Fred" Warburton British Army (d.5 May 1918) Fred was my great uncle who came from a farming family in south Lancashire. He was injured in April 1918 and died of wounds in May. He has a clearly marked grave at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery near Bethune.
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565 Sjt. T. Warcup Army 2/8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
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237913 Capt. Ward British Army No. 46 Stationary Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps
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233584 Pte. Albert Edward Ward British Army 9th Btn., 2nd Platoon Northumberland Fusiliers from:Hull (d.13th April 1918) Albert Ward is buried in Rest and Be Thankful Farm, Estaires, France.
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