Basic Details
Surname
Walton
Forenames
Shadrach
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was a monumental mason before the war and died in hospital of a gunshot wound to his arm and thigh sustained the day before. He was not found to have been commemorated on any other Calderdale memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Le Treport
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Le Treport
Cemetery
Mont Huon British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
May
Day of death
16
Age at death
35
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds