Private 266241 Joseph John WALTON

Private 266241 Joseph John Walton{gallery}Pte J J Walton{/gallery}1/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died of wounds in France and Flanders, 6th April 1917, aged 18

• Buried: Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave E.81
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Joseph Harry and Sarah Ellen Walton
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI RWR

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Walton
• Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born 18 Sep 1898 and baptised 28 Sep 1898 at Nuneaton
  
• Lived at 47 Gadsby Street, Attleborough [1901]
  
• Lived at 45 Gadsby Street, Attleborough [1911-1919]
• Joseph was at school in 1911
• Employed as a miner with Stanley Bros [1914]
  
• Enlisted at Coventry 16 Dec 1914 aged 16
• NB: Joseph’s army service records show that on 16 Dec 1914 he enlisted at Coventry and gave his age as 18 years and 9 months. He was in fact just sixteen years old. He also said he was employed as a miner by Stanley Bros of Stockingford. It appears he joined the BEF in France on 26 Jun 1915 and he should therefore have received the 1915 Star, but this is not included n his medal index card.