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Gunner WALTER EDWARD POLKINGHORNE

Service Number: 893651
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Horse Artillery

1 Regt.

Date of Death

Died 04 June 1941

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY

5. M. 7.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward Vernon Polkinghorne and Rose Emma Polkinghorne, of Fareham, Hampshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DID HIS DUTY NOBLY AND WELL
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Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 2480
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