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11 February 1917: Pte David Walling

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David was one of six children. His father was a mason’s labourer, his older siblings weavers from leaving school. At the 1911 Census we learn that the Walling family consisted of 13 people living in a five roomed dwelling, this included the Head of House’s brother-in-law (a widower), his three children and a cousin. Age 23, in the spring of 191…