Thompson , Walter Leuchars (W L)

K.M. Jordan, Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Roll of Honour ("working document", Aug 2026 draft; email to John & Bobby, 4 Sep 2026, marked "not 100% correct") (ServiceNo in this draft, 6868, differs from this record's own 6868 -- not resolved, matched instead by surname + exact DateDeath 1941-12-10).: THOMPSON, Walter Leuchars (Son of Charles Ernest Thompson; mother Emma Fanny (nee Leuchars) Thompson deceased 17/8/1938; husband of Ethel Mary (nee Rowan) Thompson, of Durban.) 6868 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban 22/11/1906; baptised Durban 30/10/1907; married St Andrew’s Church, Durban 20/6/1936; a plasterer for the Durban Municipality before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; WIA at Menastir II, near Bardia; died of wounds. Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry; the Durban Municipality (in the Durban City Hall) & on the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials & on commemoration stone in Stellawood Cemetery, Durban.) 10/12/1941 GKN1-12M 35