WALKDEN James Watson
Died 18 September 1944 Age 29
Buried Calais Canadian War Cemetery, Leubringhen, France
WALKDEN James Watson
Service Record
Lance Corporal 3710098 Royal Armoured Corps (7th Buffs) 141st Regiment (Royal East Kent Regiment)
The 1921 census shows him living at 26 Hill Street with his mother and his three sisters Mary (12), Bessie (10) and Constance (8). He was 5.
In 1939 the census shows he lived at 26 Hill Street, Carnforth with his wife Mary Elsie Nee Wren who he married at Kendal in 1936. They had three sons at the time of his death, Colin born in 1941. His mother died in 1962.
He died of his wounds
He was the son of James Walkden who died in WW1 and is also remembered on the Carnforth War Memorial.
Other records show he was 30 years old
The data is the editor’s interpretation of documents from:
- The National Archive
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Find My Past (this can be viewed free of charge in local UK libraries if you are a library member).
- Ancestry.co.uk (this can be viewed free of charge in local UK libraries if you are a library member).
- Everyone Remembered.