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EDWARD WALKINGTON
Kingston upon Hull HU8 8QB
England
BORN BRIDLINGTON 1896. SON OF GEORGE WALKINGTON (1851-1928) & MARY ANN BINNINGTON (1853-1941), AT 27, LIME TREE AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER AND THREE ELDER BROTHERS WERE BRICKLAYERS, BUILDING GARDEN VILLAGE. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A OUTFITTING SHOP ASSISTANT (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF PNEUMONIA, THE DAY THE WAR ENDED, ON 11/11/1918, AT ETAPLES HOSPITAL, AGED 22. HE IS BURIED AT ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE. THE INSCRIPTION ON HIS GRAVE, READS, "IN LIFE DEARLY LOVED, IN DEATH DEEPLY MOURNED".
HE LEFT PARENTS AND SIBLINGS, FRANCIS, COLIN, ALBERT, AND SARAH ELIZABETH.
Étaples 62630
Hauts-de-France
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