In Memory Of

ENGLAND, WALTER HUGH

Service Details
Age:
 25
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 92327V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit 2:
 seconded to No. 48 R.M. Commando, Royal Marines
Regiment:
 South African Tank Corps
Date of Death:
 1944-11-08
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 21. B. 1.
Cemetery:
 BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Netherlands
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.