Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Arthur WALTON
Lance Corporal 7218 Arthur WALTON of 3rd Bn., King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died of Illness Monday 5th June 1916, Macclesfield, Cheshire, age 31
| Home address: | 31 Union Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1885, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Jane Walton of 31 Union Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Greengrocer |
| He enlisted in: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Remembered: | Gee Cross (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, Cheshire, North 19.791 |
| Link to Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
From the Manchester Evening News, 2nd June 1916, page 4, column 5:
Death From Shell Shock
The death has occurred at Macclesfield of Lance-corporal Arthur Walton, formerly of the Shropshire Light Infantry, after a serious illness brought on by shell shock. His home was 31, Union Street, Hyde, and he was thirteen years in the Army, and was called up as a reservist when war broke out. He was discharged as time expired on February 11. He was a greengrocer at Shudehill market, Manchester.
The death has occurred at Macclesfield of Lance-corporal Arthur Walton, formerly of the Shropshire Light Infantry, after a serious illness brought on by shell shock. His home was 31, Union Street, Hyde, and he was thirteen years in the Army, and was called up as a reservist when war broke out. He was discharged as time expired on February 11. He was a greengrocer at Shudehill market, Manchester.
Discharged from the military 11th February 1916 at Pembroke Dock, Wales.