PRIOR Walter Erskine

  • First Name(s):
    Walter 
    Erskine 
  • Surname:
    PRIOR
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
  • Ship:
    HMS President
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    22nd December 1945
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Upton Warren (St Michael) Churchyard, Worcestershire, England.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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Further Information About PRIOR Walter Erskine

Appears on the Royal Navy casualties list for Worcestershire.

A letter from the Walter Prior’s father, Rector Clement E. Prior of Upton Rectory, Bromsgrove, dated 1st May 1950 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Lieutenant Walter Erskine Prior, R.N.V.R. be added to the county roll of honour.

Walter Prior was killed on the foreshore at Bognor Regis on 22nd December 1945 while attempting to secure a mine which subsequently exploded killing him instantly.

In 1948 a plaque was unveiled in the sea wall at Aldwick, Bognor Regis in memory of Walter Prior. The full report on the ceremony which was carried out by the Bishop of Worcester can be found in the Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Weekly Advertiser of Saturday 19th June 1948.

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