Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameGeoffrey Frank WALTON, 3C2R
Birth26 Feb 1868, Park Hill, Croydon, Sussex, England
Death26 Jan 1926, Guildford, Surrey, England
OccupationArmy Service Corps
FatherFrancis WALTON (1840-1928)
MotherSophia FLOWER (1843-1921)
Spouses
BirthMar 1870, Bledlow, Buckinghamshire, England
Death16 Jul 1947, Storrington, Sussex, England
FatherThomas AIKIN-SNEATH (1834-1910)
MotherJessie WALTON (1836-1925)
Marriage29 Mar 1894, Bledlow, Buckinghamshire, England
ChildrenGeoffrey Thomas M (1902-1903)
Notes for Geoffrey Frank WALTON
from a family member

[Geoffrey Frank Walton and Mary Gertrude Aikin-Sneath are second cousins. They both have the same great grandparents, Francis Walton and Kitty Cock.]

In the January to March 1868 birth index Geoffrey Frank Walton, Croydon, Surrey, volume 2a, page 241.

In the 1871 census Hartwood Cottage, Shere, Surrey.
Head Frank Walton, age 30, landscape painter, born St. Pancras, Middlesex.
Wife Sophia Walton, age 28, born Bloomsbury Middlesex.
Son Geoffrey F. Walton, age 3, born Croydon, Surrey.
Daughter Dorothy S. Walton, age 1, born Shere, Surrey.
2 servants

Cambridge University Alumni
Geoffrey Frank Walton
Admitted at Trinity Hall 1886. Son of F. Walton, Esquire, of Holmbury, St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey. Born February 26, 1868. School, Lancing College. Matriculated Michaelmas 1886. Second Lieutenant Worcester Regiment 1891; transferred to Army Service Corps 1892; Lieutenant 1893; Captain 1897; Major 1904; retired 1906. Served in the South African War; 1898-01. Served in the Great War, 1914-1919, Died from the after effects of poison gas, January 26, 1926. [His brother is listed above]

Harts Army List 1908
Reserve of Officers
Majors
Geoffrey Frank Walton, Major, Army Service Corps, on retired pay, Lieutenant February 4, 1891, Captain August 25, 1897, Major June 9, 1904.

WWI
14th London Regiment Theatre of War 1a August 4 1917 to March 27 1918
Discharged to Commission 3rd Cameron Highlanders August 9 1918

In the January to March 1926 death index Geoffrey F. Walton, age 57, Guildford, Surrey, volume 2a, page 144.

National Probate Calendar
Geoffrey Frank Walton of Holmbury St. Mary Dorking Surrey died 26 January 1926 Administration London 2 March 1926 to Mary Gertrude Walton widow. Effects 1625 pounds 16 shillings 6 pence.
Notes for Mary Gertrude (Spouse 1)
from a family member

In the January to March 1870 birth index Mary Gertrude A Sneath, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, volume 3a, page 527.

In the 1871 census Vicarage, Bledlow, Buckinghamshire.
Head Thomas A. Sneath, age 36, Vicar of Bledlow, born Cambridge.
Wife Jessie Sneath, age 34, born London.
Daughter Jessie A. Sneath, age 6, born Park House Cambridge.
Son Arthur A. Sneath, age 5, born Park House.
Son Francis A. Sneath, age 5, born Park House.
Daughter Edith E. A. Sneath, age 4, born Norfolk.
Son Donald A. Sneath, age 2, born Cambridgeshire.
Daughter Mary G. A. Sneath, age 1, born Bledlow, Bucks.
4 servants

In the 1881 census Vicarage, Bledlow, Buckinghamshire.
Head Thos. A. Sneath, age 45, Vicar of Bledlow, born Cambridge.
Wife Jessie Sneath, age 42, born London.
Daughter Jessie A. Sneath, age 16, Scholar, born Cambridge.
Daughter Edith E. Sneath, age 14, scholar, born Tavistock, Norfolk.
Daughter May G. Sneath, age 11, scholar, born Bledlow, Bucks.
Daughter Eva M. Sneath, age 8, scholar, born Bledlow.
Son Guy A. Sneath, age 2, born Bledlow.
A governess and 3 servants.

In the 1891 census The Vicarage, Bledlow, Buckinghamshire, Wycombe registration district, Princes Risborough sub-district.
Head Thomas Aikin Sneath, age 55, Vicar of Bledlow, born Cambridge.
Wife Jessie A. Sneath, age 57, born London, Middlesex.
Daughter Jessie A. Sneath, single, age 26, born Cambridge.
Son Donald A. Sneath, age 22, Student of Lincoln College, born Cambridge.
Daughter Eva M. A. Sneath, age 17, born Bledlow, Bucks.
Daughter Mary G. Sneath, age 20, born Bledlow, Bucks.
Son Guy A. Sneath, age 11, born Bledlow.
4 servants.

In the January to March 1894 marriage index Geoffrey Frank Walton and Mary Gertrude Aikin-Sneath (also listed as Mary Gertrude A. Sneath), Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, volume 3a, page 831.

Guardian, London, England, April 4 1904
Marriages
Walton-Sneath - On the 29th March, Bledlow, Buckinghamshire, Geoffrey Frank Walton, Army Service Corps, to Mary Gertrude Aikin, daughter of Rev. T, Aikin Sneath, Vicar of Bledlow.

In the 1901 census Hurlwood Cottage, Shere, St. Mary Holmbury, Guildford, Surrey.
Head Frank Walton, age 60, artist (painter), own account, born Bloomsbury London.
Wife Sophy Walton, age 58, born Bloomsbury.
Daughter Dorothy S. Walton, single, age 31, born Shere, Surrey.
Daughter-in-Law Mary G. A. Walton, married, age 31, born Bledlow, Bucks.
2 servants.

UK WWI Pension Ledgers
2nd Lt. Geoffrey Frank Walton, Cameron Highlanders, pre-war Major Royal Army Service Corps rejoined Lance Corporal London Scottish
widow Mary Gertrude [Walton], Holbury St. Mary, Surry

West Sussex Electoral Registers 1932-33
Fir Tops, Roundabouts, Parish of Sullington, Horsham and Worthing
Mary Gertrude Aikin Walton

1939 England and Wales Register
Fir Tops, Chanctonbury rural district, Sussex
1. A housekeeper
2. Mary G. A. Walton, born 30 March 1879 [later changed to 29 March 1869, but should be 1870], widow, independent means

In the July to September 1947 death index Mary G. A. Walton, Chanctonbury district, Sussex, volume 5h, page 343

National Probate Calendar
Mary Gertrude Aikin Walton of Fir Tops Roundabout Storrington, Sussex widow died 16 July 1947 Probate London 12 December 1947 to Lloyds Band Limited. Effects 5538 pounds.
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