2618526 Guardsman George William WALTON, Grenadier Guards & 2 Commando: 28/03/1942

Army Number: 2618526
Rank: Guardsman
Name: George William WALTON
Unit: Grenadier Guards ; 2 Commando

 

Name: [George William] Walton . Date of Birth: [unspecified] . Age: [20]. Place of... | The National Archives
WO 416/378/291
Name: [George William] Walton.
Date of Birth: [unspecified].
Age: [20].
Place of Birth: [unspecified].
Service: British Army.
Rank: [Guardsman].
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Grenadier Guards].
Service Number: 2618526.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: [unspecified].
PoW number: [unspecified].
Date of Death: [28/03/1942].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 1.
Date: [1939-1945]

 

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GUARDSMAN GEORGE WILLIAM WALTON
Service Number: 2618526
Regiment & Unit: Grenadier Guards
Secondary Unit, Regiment: No. 2 Commando
Date of Death: 28 March 1942
Age 20 years old
Buried or commemorated at ESCOUBLAC-LA-BAULE WAR CEMETERY
Grave Reference: 2. B. 8.
Location: France
Additional Info: Son of George William and Doris Olive Walton, of New Mills, Derbyshire.
Personal Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF A BRAVE SON WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE

 

See also:

• Operation Chariot - St. Nazaire, 28th March 1942
• WW2 WAR MEMORIALS [not graves]
• NEW MILLS - New Mills and Hayfield World War Two Casualties
  
• "GEORGE WILLIAM WALTON 2618526 GUARDSMAN, GRENADIER GUARDS AND No 2 COMMANDO. KILLED 28TH MARCH 1942. AGED 20. ONLY SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM AND DORIS OLIVE WALTON OF MIDLAND TERRACE. ATTENDED THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND DAY SCHOOL WHERE HE WON A GODWARD SCHOLARSHIP TO THE COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOL. ON LEAVING HE WENT TO WORK FOR MESSRS PAULDEN OF MANCHESTER. GEORGE ENLISTED IN THE GRENADIER GUARDS AS SOON AS HE REACHED THE AGE OF 18. HE WAS IN LONDON DURING THE BLITZ, BUT ESCAPED INJURY. HE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE COMMANDOS AND AFTER INTENSIVE TRAINING, TOOK PART IN THE FAMOUS COMMANDO RAID ON THE GERMAN U-BOAT BASE AT ST NAZAIRE. GEORGE WAS REPORTED MISSING PRESUMED KILLED FOLLOWING THE RAID. GEORGE'S FATHER SERVED IN THE FIRST WAR. HE WAS THE FIRST NEW MILLS MAN TO BE DECORATED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, WHEN HE WON THE MILITARY MEDAL. BURIED ESCOUBLAC-LA BAULE WAR CEMETERY, LOIRE-ATLANTIQUE."