Every Name a Story

G.M. Walker 1943
Rank : Lieutenant (A)

Whitburn

Gordon Morrison  Walker

Every Name a Story

In Boldon (Whitburn) Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of:

Lieutenant (A)
G.M. Walker, RNVR.
H.M.S. “Daedalus”
26th November 1943 Age 25

He died
that we might live
Never forgotten

The son of Thomas and Marion Ethel Walker, of Seaburn, Sunderland.

Lieut. Walker was serving with 96 Squadron based at West Malling. On 26th November 1943 he was the pilot of Mosquito HK 407 with Act/Lt. Patrick N. Humphreys as observer, which took off at night and hit a tree, crashing into Swantgon Lake. Both men died. See Air Crash 

Gordon Morrison Walker is remembered at Whitburn on W100.01 and in our List of Ships’ Crews.

First Name: Gordon Morrison

Last Name: Walker

Which War: Second World War 1939-45

Died: 26/11/1943

Age: 25

Rank: Lieutenant (A)

Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Unit/Ship: F.A.A. H.M.S. Daedalus

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