Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Potijze Chateau Grounds Cemetery | II. D. 21. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.137 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 52C GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of Francis James (Frank) and Annie M Walton; husband of Mary Rose Walton, of 53, Woodville Rd., Golders Green, London.Brother of Francis John George WALTON (jr)
Education & Career :
Both brothers went to the Haberdashers' School.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 12/West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) |
12th (Service) Battalion Formed at York on 16 September 1914 as part of K3 and attached to 63rd Brigade, 21st Division. september 1915 : landed at Le Havre. 16 November 1915 : transferred to 9th Brigade, 3rd Division. 17 February 1918 : disbanded in France. Formed 10th Entrenching Bn with 8th East Yorks. |
| Action : The Battles of Ypres 1917 (Third Ypres, or Passchendaele) |
31 July - 10 November 1917. By the summer of 1917 the British Army was able for the first time to fight on its chosen ground on its terms. Having secured the southern ridges of Ypres at Messines in June, the main attack started on 31st July 1917 accompanied by what seemed like incessant heavy rain, which coupled with the artillery barrages conspired to turn much of the battlefield into a bog. Initial failure prompted changes in the high command and a strategy evolved to take the ring of ridges running across the Ypres salient in a series of 'bite and hold' operations, finally culminating in the capture of the most easterly ridge on which sat the infamous village of Passchendaele. The Official History carries the footnote ?The clerk power to investigate the exact losses was not available? but estimates of British casualties range from the official figure of 244,000 to almost 400,000. Within five months the Germans pushed the British back to the starting line, which was where they had been since May 1915.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Portal No. 3237 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
23rd May 1914 | 28th November 1914 | 23rd January 1915 |
Initiated, passed and raised with his familial brother on the same dates.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley