No.5931471, Private, Walter Landwade WESTLEY
Aged 35
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Walter Landwade Westley was born on 28th September 1904 in Burwell (Newmarket Q4-1904 3B:455), baptised in Burwell on 8th January 1905, the son of Walter
Francis and Cecile Maud WESTLEY (née NICHOLLS).
1911 census...Aged 6, he was at Lark Hall, Ness Road, Burwell with his father Walter Francis WESTLEY [51] a farmer, born in Exning; his mother Cecile Maud [46] born Oxbridge, Middlesex and sister Margaret Ethel [5] born Burwell. He married Ethel A. POLLARD (Newmarket Q1-1940 3B:3585) His father had died in 1916 and his mother died in 1933. Ethel A POLLARD (later Westley) [29-2-1916] was a servant of Robert and Alice COLLING at Bedford Lodge Stables,Bury Road, Newmarket in the 1939 register. |
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In September 1939, a number of infantry and cavalry reservists were formed into Works Labour Companies. These, in October 1939 became the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps (AMPC), and a Labour Directorate was created to control labour matters. 26 Companies of the Pioneers served in France with the British Expeditionary Force. In chaos of the evacuation from Dunkirk, the exact place, even date of death, for many men can not be confirmed. Walter is a case in instance, he is recorded with a specific grave but also a special memorial for those whose exact burial plot is not known. He had been moved from Rosendael New Military Cemetery in July 1948, Rosendael being a suburb of Dunkirk now. More often than not, the date of death is simply the day they were last seen alive. |
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