Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4607138

Reference: WO372/20

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

UPP: GBM/MCI/4611517

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9270258

Title: Leon Maitland Walton on the 1911 Census.

Connected by: David10954

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ID: 9270260

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Description: Showing that 2nd Lieutenant Leon Maitland Walton was killed in action on 16/11/1916 at Ypres, Belgium.

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URL: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/138886/walton,-/
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ID: 9606341

Title: England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915

Description: Born 22 August 1879 Q3 1879 Islington, London vol 1b page 457

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Additional: Details confirm except Maitland misspelt

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ID: 9606352

Title: London, England, Church of England Birhs and baptisms, 1813-1917

Description: Baptism 12 November 1879, St Peter, Islington. Parents: John and Julia Plackley?

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Additional: Details confirm Maitland misspelt.

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ID: 9606367

Title: 1881 England

Description: Age 1 living at 8 Alwyne Square, Finsbury, London with parents, 3 sisters, 1 brother and maternal aunt.

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ID: 9606374

Title: 1891 Census

Description: Age 11 boarding at The Grammar School, Dartford.

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ID: 9606386

Title: 1901 England Census

Description: Age 27 living at Ingleside, Manor Way, Bexley, Kent with brother, 2 sisters, maternal aunt and a domestic servant. Occupation Surveyor's Assistant

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ID: 9606391

Title: England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921

Description: Age 24 initiation date 8 June 1903 Lodge of Affability, Fallowfield, Manchester. Profession: Surveyor

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ID: 9606402

Title: 1911 England Census

Description: Age 31 living at Ingleside, Manor Way, Bexley, Kent with brother (away in Scotland) sister and domestic servant. Occupation: Warehouseman, wholesale furnishing textiles.

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ID: 9606406

Title: England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915

Description: Married Alice M Ellis Q1 1913 in Lewisham, London vol 1d page 1617

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ID: 9606415

Title: England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007

Description: Birth of daughter Norah Marion known as Marion 1916 (23 July 1916) Hailsham, Sussex vol 2b page number 145

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ID: 9606565

Title: British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920

Description: 2Lt 4th LNL Reg.KIA 16.11.16 date of entry 26.8.16 Widow applies for medals c/o T P Walton, The Crags, Lustleigh, Devon.

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ID: 9606798

Name: IV.K.15.

Title: CWGC

Description: KIA 16 November 1916 buried at Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. grave ref. IV.K.15. 'Beloved husband of Marion and father of Norah a valiant soldier'

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ID: 9630219

Title: War Grave of Leon Maitland Walton

Description: War Grave of Leon Maitland Walton in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery. Photograph taken in 2017

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ID: 9643033

Title: Serving with the 1/4th Loyal North Lancashire Reg.

Description: Compatriot Bill Tilsley, in his book entitled Other Ranks gives a first hand account of what it was like for those he served alongside in the 1/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Published late (1931) it has since become both rare and valued as a tribute to the sacrifice of a generation of Other Ranks. Out of print for some time it is re-published with material and illustrations added 100 years on.

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ID: 9647678

Title: War History 1/4LNL Reg. p43

Description: A report of the circumstances of 2nd Lt. Walton's death. Shot by a sniper.

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Additional: The 1/4LNL Regimental Book can be viewed at the Regimental Museum, Preston