Private Walter Roland Allton

Army Number: 116941

Battalion: 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. Son of James and Annie Allton, of 32, The Breach, Eastwood. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, on 26th April 1918. He went to France on 17th August 1918 and was killed in action, 18th September 1918, during the attack on German trenches near Lechelle, France.

Buried: Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, France. Plot 2. Row H, Grave 1.

Private Walter Roland Allton is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Nottingham Road War Memorial, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Gresley, Nottinghamshire.