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Identity
Person No.
27647
Service No.
92993
Last Name
First Name
Cyril John
Initials
C J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Son of John and Maud Walmsley; husband of Iris B. Walmsley, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.

Research notes


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"): WALMSLEY, Cyril John (Son of John & Maud Walmsley; husband of Iris Barbara (nee Shum) Walmsley, of Mitchell Road, Durban.) 92993 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born South Africa 1913; a wood machinist with the Durban Municipality before enlistment; married Catholic Church, Durban 7/3/1936; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; WIA at 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.) 19/12/1941 GPQ8-DDD 28

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