Walton George Cameron L /Cpl. 4456684 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 16:10, 11 March 2022

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	\|Rank=Lance Corporal.		\|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.		\|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 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.		\|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.		\|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.

70bgadmin at 11:06, 5 November 2021

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	\|Promotions=Lance Corporal.		\|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.		\|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 Name=WALTON_G.C._Portrait.jpg
	\|Image Title=Lance Corporal George Cameron Walton, 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.		\|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.		\|Died/Killed in action=Died 15/10/1995 at Basford, Nottinghamshire.
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			Thanks are due to Kevin Richardson for local family history information.

70bgadmin at 14:19, 4 April 2021

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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.		\|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.		\|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.		\|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 Name=WALTON_G.C._Portrait.jpg

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	\|Promotions=Lance Corporal.		\|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 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 Name=WALTON_G.C._Portrait.jpg
	\|Image Title=Lance Corporal George Cameron Walton, 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.		\|Image Title=Lance Corporal George Cameron Walton, 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.

70bgadmin at 14:49, 31 March 2021

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	\|Rank=Lance Corporal.		\|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.		\|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.		\|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 Name=WALTON_G.C._Portrait.jpg
	\|Image Title=Lance Corporal George Cameron Walton, 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.		\|Image Title=Lance Corporal George Cameron Walton, 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
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	\|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.		\|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
	\|Date of birth=20/10/1915 at Evenwood, County Durham. Mother's maiden surname Taylor.		\|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.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained but possibly C Company.
	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.		\|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.		\|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.		\|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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	\|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 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. Lived at The Oaks, Evenwood, but his family moved later to 24, West End Gardens, West Auckland.
	\|Image Name=		\|Image Name=WALTON_G.C._Portrait.jpg
	\|Image Title=		\|Image Title=Lance Corporal George Cameron Walton, 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
	\|Source table=10DLI		\|Source table=10DLI
	\|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.		\|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.

70bgadmin at 14:26, 31 March 2021

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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.		\|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=L/Cpl
	\|Prisoner of War=~~Camps~~ 20A (3A) and ~~383~~, PoW number 20870.		\|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=Lived at The Oaks, Evenwood, but his family moved later to West Auckland.		\|Home address=Father - John William Walton. Lived at The Oaks, Evenwood, but his family moved later to 24, West End Gardens, West Auckland.
	\|Image Name=		\|Image Name=
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	\|Source table=10DLI		\|Source table=10DLI
	\|Decorations=		\|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
	\|Date of birth=		\|Date of birth=20/10/1915 at Evenwood, County Durham. Mother's maiden surname Taylor.
	\|Age=(At the time of his death).		\|Age=(At the time of his death).
	\|Company/Battery=		\|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained but possibly C Company.
	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=		\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
	\|Task or role=		\|Task or role=Rifleman, as far as is known.
	\|Joined Brigade=		\|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
	\|Promotions=		\|Promotions=Non known beyond Lance Corporal - though German PoW records show his as a Corporal.
	\|Wounded=		\|Wounded=Yes - German PoW records show him as slightly wounded.
	\|Died/Killed in action=		\|Died/Killed in action=
	}}		}}

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	\|Surname and forenames=Walton George Cameron		\|Surname and forenames=Walton George Cameron
	\|Army number=4456684		\|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		\|Promotions=L/Cpl
	\|Prisoner of War=Camps 20A (3A) and 383, PoW number 20870.		\|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.		\|Home address=Lived at The Oaks, Evenwood, but his family moved later to West Auckland.
			\|Image Name=
			\|Image Title=
	\|Source table=10DLI		\|Source table=10DLI
	}}		}}