Basic Details
Surname
Fawcett
Forenames
Walter Lindley
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Honours
Military Cross
Notes
He is also listed on IWM 457, the school's main cloisters memorial. The school's information is that he was 'Presumed lost at sea while on his way from Singapore to India to take up his appointment as Director of Military Operations there. However, later evidence suggests that his boat was wrecked on a small island where he and his companions were discovered by the Japanese and killed. Remembered on the Singapore Memorial.'
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Gurkha Rifles
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
9th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Brigadier
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Year of death
1942
Month of death
February
Day of death
13
Age at death
46
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action