In this very brief 1942 war diary, 29 year old Walter is in England preparing to go overseas with the 23rd Armoured Brigade, 8th Armed Division of the British Army. He visits Freetown Sierra Leone, Cape Town South Africa and Aden, en route to Egypt including Alexandria & El Alamein.
Occasionally he reuses this diary to record events from 1943. He is married to Audrey (Mary) Jean Crewe and they have a child together, born on the 9th January 1943, called Jane Charlotte Anne Crewe.
There is a very sad story associated with this diary in that unfortunately Walter did not survive the war - being killed on the 25th January 1944 at the Anzio landing in Italy – Operation Shingle. Mary never remarried and stayed in the family home till her death on the 10th December 2009.
Occasionally he reuses this diary to record events from 1943. He is married to Audrey (Mary) Jean Crewe and they have a child together, born on the 9th January 1943, called Jane Charlotte Anne Crewe.
There is a very sad story associated with this diary in that unfortunately Walter did not survive the war - being killed on the 25th January 1944 at the Anzio landing in Italy – Operation Shingle. Mary never remarried and stayed in the family home till her death on the 10th December 2009.
