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WALKER, William

Personal Information
Rank Cpl
Forename(s) William Robson
Surname Walker
Gender M
Age 28
Decorations
Date of death 27-06-1942
Next of kin Son of Philip W. Walker and Ellen J. Walker, of Lower Broughton, Salford.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft
Serial Number
Markings
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Salford (Agecroft) Cemetery
Grave Reference Sec. 25. Grave 868..
Epitaph WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU SMILING
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 111
Enlistment information
Service Number 1106703
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 91
Squadron 18 OTU
Trade Ground
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 30-11--0001
End Date 30-11--0001
Takeoff Station Bramcote
Day/Night raid
Operation
Reason for Loss Coventry Evening Telegraph June 29th 1942: "Fatally Injured at Fire-Fighting Display. A 28 years old member of a bomb disposal squad, Corporal William Robson Walker, has died at Rugby Hospital following injuries received when he was a spectator in a fire-fighting display demosntrating the extinguishing of a German incendiary bomb." The same paper on June 30th reported that he was struck by a bomb splinter and suffered a fractured skull.