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Corporal Tom Walton

Corporal Tom Walton, number 1102, was born on 27th February 1887 and he came from Garstang. He enlisted into the 5th King’s Own on 9th June 1910 and was present at various annual camps before he was mobilised in August 1914. He went overseas on 14th February 1915. After service on the Western Front he was wounded and spent time at Birmingham Eye Hospital. He was discharged on 7th September 1916. He died at the age of 60 years on 15th March 1947.

Postcard of Bourne Arms Hotel, Esplanade, Knott End, Lancashire.
Addressed to Lance corporal Tom Walton, G Company, 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, Denbigh Camp, 1913.
Accession Number: KO3018//01

Postcard of the Trough of Bowland, Lancashire.
Addressed to Mr T Walton, Garstang, Mar 1911.
Accession Number: KO3018//02

Personnel of the 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment at Garstang ready for the Coronation Day Parade on 22 Jun 1911. Amongst the 22 soldiers in the photograph is Private Tom Walton, fourth from the left.
Photograph by J W Shaw, 58 Alton Street, Blackburn.
Accession Number: KO3018//03

Nine soldiers of the 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment at
Wantage Road Station, which was on the Great Western Main Line in the Vale of the White Horse, actually at the village of Grove, more than two miles north of Wantage. Wantage Road Station is a few miles to the West of Didcot.
The rear of the card is marked “No. 4 Post, No. 5 Sub Section, Bridge Guard, E Company, 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Wantage Road Station, Berkshire, Aug 1914”
Photograph by Tom Reveley, Wantage and Abingdon on Thames.
Private Tom Walton is at the end on the right.
Accession Number: KO3018//04

Private Tom Walton, number 1102, 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Denbigh, 1913.
Photograph by Helsby, Denbigh.
Accession Number: KO3018//05

Corporal Tom Walton, number 1102, 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment and Stephen Walton, in uniform but regiment not identified. No trace of Stephen Walton in the King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO3018//06

‘Good Luck and Safe Return’. Postcard addressed to Corporal Tom Walton, number 1102, C Company, 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, British Expeditionary Force.
Accession Number: KO3018//07

Ganavan Road, Oban. Postcard addressed to Private T Walton, G Company, 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, North Lancashire Brigade Camp, Holmescale. 1911.
Accession Number: KO3018//08

Group of 5 soldiers of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. None identified.
Photograph by R Knowle, Tower Studio, Tower Buildings, Blackpool. Circa First World War.
Accession Number: KO3018//09

Couy-En-Artois, Pas de Calais. Postcard addressed to Corporal Tom Walton, number 1102, 41st Provisional Battalion, 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, Westgate on Sea.
Accession Number: KO3018//10

Warren, Folkestone. Postcard dated 1915 and addressed to Corporal Tom Walton.
Accession Number: KO3018//11

Group of 20 soldiers of the 1st/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment in front of hut. Image marked “1/5th King’s Own From France”
Accession Number: KO3018//12

Group of 7 non-commissioned officers of the 1st/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment in front of hut. Image marked “NCO’s of the 1/5th King’s Own from France”. Corporal Tom Walton is stood at the rear on the right.
Accession Number: KO3018//13

The Old Oak, Knole Park, Sevenoaks. Postcard dated 21 Jul 1915 and addressed to Corporal T Walton, with message from D W Coleman.
Accession Number: KO3018//14

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