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Alan Michael Walker MC (1914-1944)

Soldier
Service No:269461
Rank:Lieutenant
Service:Enlisted in the RTR. Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant, 17 Jan 1943. Promoted Lieutenant, 17 Jul 1943. Joined 23H in 1944.
Died:26 Jul 1944 of wounds received on 19 Jul 1944
Burial:Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery. Plot XV. B. 19. [Grave]
Commemorated:Roll of Honour, St Michael & All Saints church, Bishopston, Bristol
Award(s):Military Cross (Gazetted 31 Aug 1944)
Mentioned in:
Casualty List
Record
Civilian
Occupation:Land & Building Surveyor (Messrs Cunningham & Gibaud, Surveyors, Bristol)
Residence:24 Wolseley Road, Bishopston, Bristol, Gloucestershire (1939)
Birth:8 Oct 1914 in Leeds, West Yorkshire
Parents
John Cyril WalkerMary Elizabeth Gowland
Business Development Manager.
9 King Edwards Mansions, Walham Green, Fulham, London (1911),
Longsight Lodge, Redgate Lane, Manchester, Lancashire (1939).
Birth 13 Sep 1880 in Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Baptism 13 Oct 1880 at Holy Trinity church, Halifax.
Death registered Mar 1956 in Manchester.
Birth 21 Aug 1883 registered in York.
Baptism 23 Sep 1883 at St Lawrence's church, York.
Death 1925.
Marriage registered Jun 1908 in York.

Notes

For reasons I have not been able to discover, Alan was not commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Bridlington Priory. Neither was he listed on the ROHs in the 23H Story or in 'Taurus Pursuant, a history of 11th Armoured Division'.