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211617 Major Walter Bennett Wignall British Army Royal Engineers from:Mitcham My father, Walter Wignall was called up in December 1939. He first of all was in France, then as the engineer on the RAF station at Kirton in Lindsay, Lincs. At the beginning of 1942 he sailed in a convoy round Africa & was given a posting with the 10th army. A desert convoy to Baghdad, then Persian Gulf, Bombay, Quetta on to Zahedan. Here he was the engineer on the strategic road to Russia. He was with Paiforce. In Jan 1943 he was posted to Baghdad then in summer 1944 to Aleppo & Beirut. I am not sure when he was made a major but it was whilst with Paiforce, probably early 1943. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.