Service Details
Name:
 ENGLAND
Given Name:
 WALTER HUGH
Initials:
 W H
Service No:
 92327V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Tank Corps
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Unit 2:
 seconded to No. 48 R.M. Commando, Royal Marines
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Date of Death:
 1944-11-08
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Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Walcheren landings, Operation Infatuate. 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
Additional
Information:
Son of Henry W. T. and Janet K. England, of Rosebank Avenue, Morningside, Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Durban. Commemorated on RM#48C WWII Memorial, Royal Marines Memorial Garden, Portsmouth, Hampshire & on RM#48C WWII Memorial in the RMC Memorial Chapel, Gravesham, Milton, Kent, England.
Commemoration
Country:
 Netherlands
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Cemetery:
 BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 21. B. 1.

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