WALTERS Harry

  • First Name(s):
    Harry 
  • Surname:
    WALTERS
  • Service Number:
    1706697
  • Rank:

    Gunner

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Artillery
  • Regiment:
    77 Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment
  • Unit:
    241 Battery
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    4th February 1942
  • Age At Death:
    35
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia, Special Memorial 3. K. 6.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Husband of Phyllis Kathleen Walters, of Droitwich, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

WALTERS Harry Is Named On These Memorials

Droitwich War Memorial

Further Information About WALTERS Harry

Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

A letter from the Reverend W.A. Trippass, St Peter, Droitwich dated 23rd May 1950 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Harry Walters be added to the county roll of honour.

Gunner H. Walters of 8 Charles Henry Road, Droitwich appears on a list of men from the Bromsgrove District killed in the 1939 – 1945 war, provided by the Reverend C.W. Banner, “Tuffley”, 19 Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove, dated 29th June 1950.

The following information has been researched by Peter Kennedy:
Harry Walters was killed in a railway accident.  He had 3 teenage sons and before joining the army he worked at the ICI Stoke Works.  He was a very keen pigeon fancier. His nephew, Sergeant Douglas Walters, was also killed during the war.

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