George Walton

War Service

At the present time no information is available. Medal Index Cards have been located for 3 soldiers with the name of George Walton. These were in the Suffolk and Middlesex Regiments and there is no way of telling which of these, if any, is the above.
Again, information is not yet forthcoming except for the fact that an Eliza Walton was buried in Brotherton on the 28th June 1920 aged 60 and a George Walton was buried in Brotherton on the 16th May 1926 aged 67. These were most probably the parents of the above.

Family Life

Walton’s were present in Brotherton in the early 1800’s and the 1851 census records 7 of that name.
However, they do appear to be linked to the subject - George Walton. His family were from the Barnsley area and in 1861 and 1871 the census date states they were living in the Old Town area. George (1) was born in 1830 in Ardsley and was a ‘Master Mason’ working with 10 men and 3 boys. His wife was Sarah who was born in Birdwell about 1828.
By they were living at 12 Sheffield Road, Barnsley and had four children - Samuel aged 25 also a ‘Mason’, George (2nd) aged 22, a ‘Butcher’, Sarah Ellen (16) and Ann (11).
By 1891 George (2nd) had married Eliza who had been born in Knottingley and they had moved to 72 Castlereagh Street. George was then employed as a ‘Farm Labourer’, seemingly a step down from being a Butcher. There was one child - 7 month old Annie.
George (3rd) was born in 1896 and Samuel 2 years later in 1898. Both were born in Barnsley so the move to Brotherton must have come within the next couple of years as by 1901 they were to be found in the Jolly Sailor Yard off Low Street in Brotherton. George (2nd) was employed as a ‘Farm Labourer’.
They were still in Brotherton in 1911 though possibly living in Bunkers Hill. The only member of the family to born in Brotherton was Earnest in 1903. George (2nd) had changed occupations becoming a ‘Road Man’ whilst George (3rd) was by then old enough to work and was a ‘Warehouse Boy’.
After the War, again, information is not yet forthcoming except for the fact that an Eliza Walton was buried in Brotherton on the 28th June 1920 aged 60 and a George Walton was buried in Brotherton on the 16th May 1926 aged 67. These were most probably the parents of the above.