FOWLER-SMITH Walter

  • First Name(s):
    Walter 
  • Surname:
    FOWLER-SMITH
  • Service Number:
    41958
  • Rank:

    Pilot Officer/Pilot

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Air Force
  • Air Force:
    Royal Air Force
  • Air Force Unit:
    235 Squadron
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    9th May 1940
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Hartlebury (St. Mary) Churchyard, Worcestershire, England, N.E. of church.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of George Fowler Smith and Florence Mary Smith, of Hartlebury

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FOWLER-SMITH Walter Is Named On These Memorials

Hartlebury St James the Apostle Church

Further Information About FOWLER-SMITH Walter

The following report appears in Berrow’s Worcester Journal, Saturday 18th May 1940:
Hartlebury Pilot Killed
Funeral at St Mary’s
The funeral took place at St Mary’s Church, Hartlebury, on Wednesday, of Pilot Officer Walter Fowler Smith, of “Dornford,” Hartlebury, who was killed on Friday last in an aeroplane accident on the East Coast.
Pilot Officer Smith, who was known locally as “Jock,” was 20 years of age. He joined the R.A.F. last February, and had only recently finished his training.
Educated at Hartlebury Grammar School, he was a popular figure, and was a very good cricketer. He had played hockey for Worcestershire.
The funeral was a quiet, simple ceremony, and there were few mourners. Members of the family attending were the mother, Mrs Smith (a widow); brother, Mr Sandy Smith; uncle, Mr G. R. Gabb; and godfather, Mr Newman, with Mrs Newman.
The service was conducted by the Rev. T.B. Wilson.

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