Birth: 15 June 1905 Hale, Surrey, UK
Father: John Kenton 1869-1949
Mother: Mary Jane Keegan c1868-1961
Christening: 4 August 1905 St John the Evangelist, Hale, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 30 July 1932 St Michael the Archangel, Aldershot, Hampshire, UK, UK
Wife: Linda Dorothy Alice Larby 1910-1974
Death: June 1987 NE Hampshire, UK
Walter E J Kenton 1932
Margaret L R Kenton [Penn] 1936-a1962
Nellie L M Kenton 1939
Ronald David Leslie Kenton 1942-2016
Colin W P Kenton 1947
Birth of Walter Ernest Kenton in FreeBMD in July-September 1905 in Farnham (2A 160)
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 for Walter Ernest Kenton baptised 4 August 1905 at St. John, Hale, Surrey, parents John and Mary Jane Kenton.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1921 for Walter Ernest Kenton baptised 4 August 1905 at St John the Evangelist, Hale parents John and Mary Jane Kenton. "Page 19 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Hale in the County of Surrey in the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and five [...] 1905 August 4th No. 147 Walter Ernest [parents] John [a] Labourer & May Jane Kenton [of] Uppeer Hale.
His brother was baptised in Aldershot on 1 November 1908.
In the 1911 census as Walter Ernest Kenton aged 5, born in Farnham, Surrey, and living with his parents (John and Mary Jane), two bothers (Albert Hollingbury and John William Charles), and two sisters (Alice Elizabeth and Lily May) in two rooms at 19 Rowton Terracce, Kings Road, Aldershot, Hampshire.
In the 1921 census as Walter Ernest Kenton born in 1905 and living with his parents (John and Mary Jane) in Aldershot, Farnham, Surrey.
Marriage of Walter E Kenton and Linda D A Larby in FreeBMD in July-September 1932 in Farnham (2A 418).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1933 for the marriage of Walter Ernest Kenton aged 27, father John Kenton, and Linda Dorothy Alice Larby on 30 July 1932 at Aldershot, St Michael the Archangel, Surrey. "Page 129 [...] 1932 Marriage solemnized at The Parish Church in the Parish of Aldershot in the County of Southampton. [No.] 258 July 30th 1932 Walter Ernest Kenton [aged] 27 [a] Bachelor [and] Labourer [of] 1 Western Road [father] John Kenton [a] Plasterer, [and] Linda Dorothy Alice Larby [aged] 21 [a] Spinster [of] 77 Kings Road [father] John Larby [a] Labourer. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England after Banns [...] in the Presence of us George Raggett and John Larby".
His son was born in Farnham in 1932, and two daughters and son in Aldershot from 1936 to 1942.
I cannot locate the family in the 1939 Register.
His wife died in NE Hampshire in October-December 1974.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Walter Ernest Kenton born 15 June 1905, died June 1987 in NE Hampshire (20 417).
There are twentyseven entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Walter Ernest Kenton.
Note that part of Farnham became part of Aldershot on 1 October 1932.
Walter Ernest Kenton was the father of
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