Private Walter Branch, Royal Army Medical Corps, died during operations in Holland. He had volunteered to be a Medical Orderly for a 48RM Commando patrol to Veere on the North East of the island of Walcheren, and was one of twenty fatal casualties when one of their Buffalo amphibious vehicles struck a submerged explosive device.
Sources CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/85.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/86.
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[Image] Colin Branch, nephew.
Notes His name is on the 48RM Commando Memorial at the RM Commando Museum, Portsmouth.