Walton George Cameron L /Cpl. 4456684 - Revision history

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 |Rank=Lance Corporal.
 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no exact enlistment date known, but his Regimental Number suggests Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War at Arras on 20/5/1940 - notified 9/9/1940.  Repatriated to the UK in 1945.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 25/6/1946.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - after capture he was taken to Stalag VI D and then to Camp 20A (3A) arriving on 31/5/1940.  He was also held at Bau und Arbeits Bataillon 20 from 26/1/1942, Stalag VIIIB from 27/8/1943 and Oflag IIIC (possibly as a Batman), PoW number  20870.
 |Home address=Resident of Evenwood, Couty Durham.  Father - John William Walton (1886 - 1963).  Mother - Isabella Taylor (1888 - 1950).  Lived at The Oaks, Evenwood, but his family moved later to 24, West End Gardens, West Auckland.  Married Eugenie Wade (1918 - 2005) at St Helen's Church, County Durham on 11/8/1947 (possibly at St Helens Auckland).  Brother to Pte John Robert Walton, 10th DLI.

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 |Promotions=Lance Corporal.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - after capture he was taken to Stalag VI D and then to Camp 20A (3A) arriving on 31/5/1940.  He was also held at Bau und Arbeits Bataillon 20 from 26/1/1942, Stalag VIIIB from 27/8/1943 and Oflag IIIC (possibly as a Batman), PoW number  20870.
-|Home address=Father - John William Walton (1886 - 1963).  Mother - Isabella Taylor (1888 - 1950).  Lived at The Oaks, Evenwood, but his family moved later to 24, West End Gardens, West Auckland.  Married Eugenie Wade (1918 - 2005) at St Helen's Church, County Durham on 11/8/1947 (possibly at St Helens Auckland).  Brother to Pte John Robert Walton, 10th DLI.
+|Home address=Resident of Evenwood, Couty Durham.  Father - John William Walton (1886 - 1963).  Mother - Isabella Taylor (1888 - 1950).  Lived at The Oaks, Evenwood, but his family moved later to 24, West End Gardens, West Auckland.  Married Eugenie Wade (1918 - 2005) at St Helen's Church, County Durham on 11/8/1947 (possibly at St Helens Auckland).  Brother to Pte John Robert Walton, 10th DLI.
 |Image Name=WALTON_G.C._Portrait.jpg
 |Image Title=Lance Corporal George Cameron Walton, 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
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 |Died/Killed in action=Died 15/10/1995 at Basford, Nottinghamshire.
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 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no exact enlistment date known, but his Regimental Number suggests Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War at Arras on 20/5/1940 - notified 9/9/1940.  Repatriated to the UK in 1945.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 25/6/1946.
 |Promotions=Lance Corporal.
-|Prisoner of War=Yes - after capture taken to Stalag VI D and then to Camp 20A (3A) arriving on 31/5/1940.  He was also held at Bau und Arbeits Bataillon 20 from 26/1/1942, Stalag VIIIB from 27/8/1943 and Oflag IIIC (possibly as a Batman), PoW number  20870.
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - after capture he was taken to Stalag VI D and then to Camp 20A (3A) arriving on 31/5/1940.  He was also held at Bau und Arbeits Bataillon 20 from 26/1/1942, Stalag VIIIB from 27/8/1943 and Oflag IIIC (possibly as a Batman), PoW number  20870.
 |Home address=Father - John William Walton (1886 - 1963).  Mother - Isabella Taylor (1888 - 1950).  Lived at The Oaks, Evenwood, but his family moved later to 24, West End Gardens, West Auckland.  Married Eugenie Wade (1918 - 2005) at St Helen's Church, County Durham on 11/8/1947 (possibly at St Helens Auckland).  Brother to Pte John Robert Walton, 10th DLI.
 |Image Name=WALTON_G.C._Portrait.jpg

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 |Promotions=Lance Corporal.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - after capture taken to Stalag VI D and then to Camp 20A (3A) arriving on 31/5/1940.  He was also held at Bau und Arbeits Bataillon 20 from 26/1/1942, Stalag VIIIB from 27/8/1943 and Oflag IIIC (possibly as a Batman), PoW number  20870.
-|Home address=Father - John William Walton (1886 - 1963).  Mother - Isabella Taylor (1888 - 1950).  Lived at The Oaks, Evenwood, but his family moved later to 24, West End Gardens, West Auckland.  Married Eugenie Wade (1918 - 2005) at St Helen's Church, County Durham on 11/8/1947 (possibly at St Helens Auckland).
+|Home address=Father - John William Walton (1886 - 1963).  Mother - Isabella Taylor (1888 - 1950).  Lived at The Oaks, Evenwood, but his family moved later to 24, West End Gardens, West Auckland.  Married Eugenie Wade (1918 - 2005) at St Helen's Church, County Durham on 11/8/1947 (possibly at St Helens Auckland).  Brother to Pte John Robert Walton, 10th DLI.
 |Image Name=WALTON_G.C._Portrait.jpg
 |Image Title=Lance Corporal George Cameron Walton, 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.

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 |Rank=Lance Corporal.
 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no exact enlistment date known, but his Regimental Number suggests Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War at Arras on 20/5/1940 - notified 9/9/1940.  Repatriated to the UK in 1945.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 25/6/1946.
-|Promotions=L/Cpl
+|Promotions=Lance Corporal.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - after capture taken to Stalag VI D and then to Camp 20A (3A) arriving on 31/5/1940.  He was also held at Bau und Arbeits Bataillon 20 from 26/1/1942, Stalag VIIIB from 27/8/1943 and Oflag IIIC (possibly as a Batman), PoW number  20870.
-|Home address=Father - John William Walton.  Lived at The Oaks, Evenwood, but his family moved later to 24, West End Gardens, West Auckland.
+|Home address=Father - John William Walton (1886 - 1963).  Mother - Isabella Taylor (1888 - 1950).  Lived at The Oaks, Evenwood, but his family moved later to 24, West End Gardens, West Auckland.  Married Eugenie Wade (1918 - 2005) at St Helen's Church, County Durham on 11/8/1947 (possibly at St Helens Auckland).
 |Image Name=WALTON_G.C._Portrait.jpg
 |Image Title=Lance Corporal George Cameron Walton, 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
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 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
 |Date of birth=20/10/1915 at Evenwood, County Durham.  Mother's maiden surname Taylor.
-|Age=(At the time of his death).
+|Age=79 at the time of his death.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained but possibly C Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
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 |Promotions=Non known beyond Lance Corporal - though German PoW records show his as a Corporal.
 |Wounded=Yes - German PoW records show him as slightly wounded.
-|Died/Killed in action=
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 15/10/1995 at Basford, Nottinghamshire.
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 |Surname and forenames=Walton George Cameron
 |Army number=4456684
-|Rank=L /Cpl.
+|Rank=Lance Corporal.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but probably Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted 6th Bn Durham Light Infantry.  Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War  - notified 9/9/1940.  Repatriated to the UK.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 25/6/1946.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no exact enlistment date known, but his Regimental Number suggests Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War at Arras on 20/5/1940 - notified 9/9/1940.  Repatriated to the UK in 1945.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 25/6/1946.
 |Promotions=L/Cpl
 |Prisoner of War=Camps 20A (3A) and  383, PoW number  20870.
 |Home address=Lived at The Oaks, Evenwood, but his family moved later to West Auckland.
 |Source table=10DLI
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