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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Walton John Robert
|Army number=4456762
|Rank=Pte.
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, No enlistment date, Posted ? 6th Bn DLI, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Prisoner of War 9/9/1940, Class Z Army Reserve 1/4/1946.
|Prisoner of War=4C 5467
|Source table=10DLI
}}

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 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but almost certainly joined in Spring/Summer 1939, judging by his Regimental Number.  Posted to the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Taken Prisoner of War in the Arras area - formally notified 9/9/1940.  Repatriated to the UK.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 1/4/1946.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - Camp 4C, PoW number 5467.
-|Home address=Father - John William Walton (1885 - 1963), mother - Isabella Taylor (1887 - 1950).  Lived at The Oaks, Evenwood, then his family moved to West Auckland.  Married Irene M. White (1914 - 1992) in Auckland District in April 1936.  Brother to George Cameron Walton, 10th DLI.
+|Home address=Resident of Evenwood, Couty Durham.  Father - John William Walton (1885 - 1963), mother - Isabella Taylor (1887 - 1950).  Lived at The Oaks, Evenwood, then his family moved to West Auckland.  Married Irene M. White (1914 - 1992) in Auckland District in April 1936.  Brother to George Cameron Walton, 10th DLI.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known - possibly C Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
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 An image of Private J R Walton in his post-war role as a gamekeeper is set out below:-
 [[File:WALTON_John_-_Post-War.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|An image of Pte J R Walton post-war.]]

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 |Army number=4456762
 |Rank=Private.
 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but almost certainly joined in Spring/Summer 1939, judging by his Regimental Number.  Posted to the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Taken Prisoner of War in the Arras area - formally notified 9/9/1940.  Repatriated to the UK.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 1/4/1946.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - Camp 4C, PoW number 5467.
-|Home address=Lived at The Oaks, Evenwood, then his family moved to West Auckland.  Brother to George Cameron Walton, 10th DLI.
+|Home address=Father - John William Walton (1885 - 1963), mother - Isabella Taylor (1887 - 1950).  Lived at The Oaks, Evenwood, then his family moved to West Auckland.  Married Irene M. White (1914 - 1992) in Auckland District in April 1936.  Brother to George Cameron Walton, 10th DLI.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known - possibly C Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
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 |Promotions=None known.
 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 2/7/1973 at Butterknowle.  Probate granted from the Newcastle Office 4/12/1973 in the sum of £1,591.
 |Image Name=WALTON_John_Robert_Portrait.jpg
 |Image Title=Private John Robert Walton, 10th Battalion DLI.

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 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}

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 |Army number=4456762
 |Rank=Private.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but probably joined in Summer 1939.  Posted 6th Bn DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Taken Prisoner of War - notified 9/9/1940.  Repatriated to the UK.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 1/4/1946.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but almost certainly joined in Spring/Summer 1939, judging by his Regimental Number.  Posted to the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Taken Prisoner of War in the Arras area - formally notified 9/9/1940.  Repatriated to the UK.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 1/4/1946.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - Camp 4C, PoW number 5467.
-|Home address=Lived at The Oaks, Evenwood, then his family moved to West Auckland.
+|Home address=Lived at The Oaks, Evenwood, then his family moved to West Auckland.  Brother to George Cameron Walton, 10th DLI.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}