ENGLAND, Walter Hugh
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Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit/Base:
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
South African Tank Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
92327V
Died :
Wednesday, November 8, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
25
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Local Roll of Honour:
Lieutenant Walter England, South African Forces attached to 48RM Commando, died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. He was in command of one of four amphibious Buffaloes sent in convoy on a patrol to Veere on the North East of the island. His vehicle struck a submerged 11 inch shell rigged up to a post as a mine causing many casualties.
Sources
CWGC
Interviews with Mnes. Jack Desmond and Bert Skinner in Ken Ford's book DDay Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RMCommando.
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