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Pte. Walter Blackett
British Army 2nd Btn. South Wales Borderers
(d.8th June 1944)
Walter Blackett served with the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers in WW2. He was killed at Sully Chateau on the 8th of June 1944 aged 19 years. According to his mate, Bill Evans, Walter was executed with ten of his comrades on the lawn in front of the Chateau.
He is buried Bayeaux War Cemetery in France. Son of Mrs E. Blackett of Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire.