Walton, Eric Alfred | Universities at War

Personal details

Badges and Insignia - Durham Light Infantry. Image kindly provided by Durham Record Office

Name on Memorial:

Walton, E. A.

Forename(s):

Eric Alfred

Surname:

Walton

Date of Death:

Saturday, September 16, 1916

Age at Death:

University life

College:

Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Degree(s):

BSc

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Service:

Army

Unit:

Durham Light Infantry, 9th Battalion

Military Training:

Officers’ Training Corps, Armstrong College

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

Eric was born in 1895 in Sunderland. He was the eldest son of William, a Secondary Schoolmaster, and Mary. He had two sisters, Winifred and Elizabeth, and a brother, William Stanley.

Eric died on 16th September 1916 aged 20.

Addresses before and during the war

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Eric is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial in the Somme, France.

Memorials

Additional images

Research information

Sources:

UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

UK Military Service Records, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, Armstrong College Calendars, The Northerner Student Magazine)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Researched by:

Sophie Anderton (Newcastle University).