Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Alfred WALTON
Private 22404 Alfred WALTON of 2nd Bn., Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
Killed in Action Saturday 30th September 1916, France & Flanders, age 19
| Of: | 29 Union Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1897, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Mary Jane Walton and Herbert Walton of 29 Union Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Leather Dresser, Messrs. Hopkins, Pickford Street, Hyde |
| He enlisted in: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Remembered on: | Thiepval Memorial Somme, France, Pier and Face 7 A and 7 B |
| Link with Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
From the Manchester Evening News, Friday 20th October 1916, page 4, column 7: He was killed by a shell burst.He had only been in the army six months.