Private Walter James Branch, RAMC kia 8/1/144 Walcheren.

Volunteered to be a Medical Orderly for a 48RM Commando patrol to Veere on the North East of the island of Walcheren, and was one of twenty fatal casualties when one of their Buffalo amphibious vehicles struck a submerged explosive device.

[Image] Colin Branch, nephew.
[Notes] His name is on the 48RM Commando Memorial at the RM Commando Museum, Portsmouth.

In Memory of 7387468 Private Walter James Branch
Royal Army Medical Corps
who died on 8 November 1944
Remembered with honour at Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery..