FAMILY MEDALS to the WALKINGTON BROTHERS
1) 1914/15 STAR
13307 PTE E.WALKINGTON CHES.R.
Ernest Walkington
Born Birkenhead, Cheshire 1890
Son of Robert & Elizabeth Walkington and older brother of George Walkington (below)
A pre-war gardener, he enlisted 2/9/14
Ernestwith 12th Cheshire Regiment & served as an Officer's Servant (Batman)
In late October he went to Salonika (Thessaloniki) & thus became a 'Gardener of Salonika', as the troops in this Macedonian Campaign were contemptuously labelled
Later renumbered 315063 when he transferred to 419th Agricultural Company, Labour Corps 20/6/17
Treated at Kinmel Park Military Hospital, Abergele, Denbighshire, Wales from 6/10/18 to 9/1/19, so he missed the Canadian riot there 2 months later
Discharged from No.2 Coy, W.C.Labour Corps to Class Z Army Reserve 27/2/19 to live in Kirk Hammerton, near Harrogate, Yorkshire
He suffered 20% disablement from pneumonia, attributable to his military service & qualified for a War Pension but apparently died in 1925
With copy of his MIC, 23 page Digital File of his Soldiers Papers plus supporting research documentation
Condition: GVF
2)BWM & VICTORY MEDAL
43184 PTE G.WALKINGTON S.LAN.R.
George Walkington
Born Kirk Hammerton, near Harrogate, Yorkshire 1897
Son of Robert & Elizabeth Walkington and younger brother of Ernest Walkington (above)
Served in France with 2/5th South Lancashire Regiment
Evacuated from Merville to Boulogne on 31st Ambulance Train with 'Debility' 3/2/18
Later transferred to 2/4th South Lancashire Regiment
With copy of his Medal Index Card, Medal Roll, MH106 Medical Record & Census details
Condition: GVF
