BRANCH, Walter James
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Army Medical Corps
Service:
Army
Service Number:
7387468
Died :
Wednesday, November 8, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
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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.
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/85.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/86.
Linked Content below.
[Image] Colin Branch, nephew.
Notes
His name is on the 48RM Commando Memorial at the RM Commando Museum, Portsmouth.
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Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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