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Surname: BOLTON
Forename(s): Walter
Place of Birth: Long Preston, Yorkshire
Service No: 31200
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1st Battalion
Division: 2nd (Rawalpindi) Indian Division
Age: 36
Date of Death: 1918-11-23
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Face 16.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: MADRAS 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL, CHENNAI
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: LONG PRESTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Walter Bolton (born 21 August 1882) was the son of William and Mary Ann Bolton, formerly Stone, née Marsden. William was born at Wheldrake, Yorkshire and Mary at Baslow, Derbyshire.
1891 Long Preston, Yorkshire Census: Main Road - Walter Bolton, aged 8 years, born Long Preston, son of William and Mary Ann Bolton.
1901 Long Preston, Yorkshire Census: Main Street - Walter Bolton, aged 18 years, born Long Preston, son of William and Mary A. Bolton.
1911 Long Preston, Yorkshire Census: Main Street - Walter Bolton, aged 28 years, born Long Preston, son of William and Mary Bolton.
The British Army Service Record for Walter Bolton exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Walter Bolton, 31200, W. Rid. R. Deceased.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Walter Bolton, 31200, 1st W. Rid. R. Deceased.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Walter Bolton, 31200, 1st West Riding. Date and Place of Death: 23.11.18. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Grantee - Agnes Russell. £14 0s. 0d. [Agnes was Walter's sister.]
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Walter Bolton, 31200, 1st Btn Duke of Wellington [sic]. Date and Place of Death: 23.11.18. Jhajha. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Grantee - Agnes Russell. £23 0s. 3d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Walter. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Miss Hannah E. Bolton. Relationship: Sister. Address 1. Main Street, Long Preston, Yorks. Address 2. C/o Langho Colony for Epileptics, Wilpshire, Blackburn. [Hannah Elizabeth died at the Epileptic Colony in 1930 aged 45 years and is buried at Long Preston.]
The 1st Bn Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) remained in India throughout the war.
In the photograph Walter is wearing the hat and cap badge of the 29th (Reserve) Bn Northumberland Fusiliers (Tyneside Scottish).
Although Walter is commemorated on the Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Chennai, he is buried in Jhajha Cemetery (Grave 42.), India.
See also: 'Long Preston and the Great War' by Long Preston Heritage Group (2015).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
BOLLER [BOLTON], Lance Corporal Walter, [Long Preston], West Riding Regiment, died from pneumonia Nov. 23, 1918.
BOLTON, Lance Corporal Walter, West Riding Regiment, died from pneumonia, India, Nov. 23, 1918.
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Private Walter BOLTON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 2nd (Rawalpindi) Indian Division
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