WALKER, Alfred John
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Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base:
4 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
South Lancashire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
3657617
Died :
Wednesday, November 1, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
28
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Local Roll of Honour:
Lance Sergeant Alfred Walker died during operations at Flushing, Holland. He was fatally wounded by a shell which burst on the Oranje Molen promontory while marshalling prisoners into loading parties. He had been wounded three times previously in his service. Son of William Henry and Mary Ellen Walker, of Liverpool; husband of Mary Walker, of Liverpool.
- 19 August 1942 wounded during operations at Dieppe, France.
- 9 June 1944 wounded during operations at Normandy France.
- 20 August 1944 wounded during operations at Normandy, France.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty lists / National Archives files WO417/49, 50, 76, 81, and 85.
Intelligence Report quoted in a forum message HERE.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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