9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
10/10/1891
Died:
29/03/1918 (Killed in Action)
Age:
26
Summary
Samuel Welton was the youngest son of Robert and Mary Jane Welton. He was born on 10th October 1891, the youngest of three sons all born in the Clonavaddy area of Dungannon. The 1901 census lists Samuel Welton as age 9 living with the family at house 7 in Kilnaslee, Altmore, County Tyrone. His father was a farmer. By 1911 Samuel was working for and living with the Collins family in Market Square, who owned a grocer store. Samuel Welton enlisted in Belfast. Private Samuel Welton was serving with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on Friday 29th March 1918 in France and Flanders.
Further Information
Samuel Welton was the youngest son of Robert and Mary Jane Welton. Robert Welton and Mary Gillis were married on 8th March 1887 in the district of Cookstown.
Samuel Welton was born on 10th October 1891. He was the youngest of three sons, all born in the Clonavaddy area of Dungannon.
Known family: Robert Welton, Mary Jane Welton, William John Welton (born 1st December 1887), Robert Welton (born 1st August 1889), Samuel Welton (born 10th October 1891).
The 1901 census lists Samuel Welton as age 9 living with the family at house 7 in Kilnaslee, Altmore, County Tyrone. His father, Robert Welton, was a farmer.
By the time of the 1911 census Samuel was 18 years old. He no longer lived with the family. He was working for and living with the Collins family in Market Square, who owned a grocer store.
Samuel was a member of Kilnaslee LO.L. No 364 and Dungannon Temperance R.B.P. No 523.
Samuel Welton enlisted in Belfast.
Private Samuel Welton arrived in France with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 5th October 1915.
Private Samuel Welton was serving with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on Friday 29th March 1918 in France and Flanders.
From the Tyrone Courier and Dungannon News dated Thursday 2 May 1918:
Private Samuel Welton, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, killed in action was a son of Mr Robert Welton, Kilnaslee, Donaghmore, and a member of Kilnaslee LO.L. No 364 and Dungannon Temperance R.B.P. No 523. He was formerly in the employment of Mr Collins who carried on business in Market Square, Dungannon.
Private Samuel Welton is buried in Ham British Cemetery, Muille-Villette in the Somme region.
In January, February and March 1918, the 61st (South Midland) Casualty Clearing Station was posted at Ham, but on the 23rd March the Germans, in their advance towards Amiens, crossed the Somme at Ham, and the town remained in German hands until the French First Army re-entered it on the following 6th September.
