2nd Lt
Hector Cyril Walton
Informations sur naissance
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Date de naissance: 08/03/1896 |
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Lieu de naissance: Hornsey, Middlesex, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni |
Informations générales
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Profession: Clerk |
Informations service militaire
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Pays: Angleterre, Royaume-Uni |
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Force armée: British Expeditionary Force |
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Rang: Second Lieutenant |
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Numéro de service: / |
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Unités: — Essex Regiment attd. The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 8th Bn. (Attaché) |
Informations sur décès
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Date de décès: 09/09/1917 |
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Lieu de décès: Inverness Copse, Belgique |
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Cause du décès: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Âge: 21 |
Cimetière
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The Huts Cemetery Parcelle: V Rangée: A Tombe: 7 |
Distinctions et médailles 2
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British War Medal Médaille |
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Victory Medal Médaille |
Points d'intérêt 1
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Mon histoire
Hector Cyril Walton was born in March 1896, in Hornsey Middlesex. He was the son of William Edward Walton and Wilhelmina Gotthardt. His mother Wilhelmina was of German descent and hailed from Neu Isenburg in Hessen. His parents ran a coffee house and dining room in Friern Barnet, Middlesex. Hector worked as a clerk before he enlisted for the British Expeditionary Force.
Hector served as a Private in the Essex Regiment until he got a commission on 26 May 1917. A few weeks later he joined The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 8th Battalion as a Second Lieutenant. On 7 September 1917, during the Battle of Passchendaele, Hector’s Battalion moved up to the front line in front of Inverness Copse. In the early hours of 9 September the Germans performed a raid on positions of “B” and “C” Companies. Stormtroopers with flamethrowers gained entry into the posts of “C” Company and captured fifteen men. The attack on “B” Company on the other hand was fend of with Lewis Gun fire and an artillery barrage. After the Germans retreated the Battalion organized a successful counterattack with the help of Lewis Guns and rifle grenades. The 8th Royal West Kent’s took fifteen prisoners of their own.
Second Lieutenant Hector Cyril Walton was killed at 4 a.m. on the 9th of September 1917. He fell during the preliminary bombardment on the 8th Battalion’s position at Inverness Copse. The twenty-one-year old was buried in The Huts Cemetery.
Hector served as a Private in the Essex Regiment until he got a commission on 26 May 1917. A few weeks later he joined The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 8th Battalion as a Second Lieutenant. On 7 September 1917, during the Battle of Passchendaele, Hector’s Battalion moved up to the front line in front of Inverness Copse. In the early hours of 9 September the Germans performed a raid on positions of “B” and “C” Companies. Stormtroopers with flamethrowers gained entry into the posts of “C” Company and captured fifteen men. The attack on “B” Company on the other hand was fend of with Lewis Gun fire and an artillery barrage. After the Germans retreated the Battalion organized a successful counterattack with the help of Lewis Guns and rifle grenades. The 8th Royal West Kent’s took fifteen prisoners of their own.
Second Lieutenant Hector Cyril Walton was killed at 4 a.m. on the 9th of September 1917. He fell during the preliminary bombardment on the 8th Battalion’s position at Inverness Copse. The twenty-one-year old was buried in The Huts Cemetery.
Sources 5
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"The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment: 1914-1919", Atkinson C.T., London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1924, pg. 281-283. Sources utilisées |
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Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/ Autre référence |
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CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/156909/walton,-hector-cyril/ Sources utilisées |
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The Long, Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/ Sources utilisées |
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War Diary The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 8th Bn. http://www.nmarchive.com/ Autre référence |