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Sub-Lieutenant WALTER DAVID ORPEN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. "Havock"

Date of Death

Died 22 March 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY

Prot. Sec. (Officers'). Plot E. Coll. grave 12.

Malta

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Theodore Cecil and Marianne Albertine Orpen, of Parkstone, Dorsetshire.
  • Personal Inscription "BE YE THEREFORE READY"
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Buried or commemorated at

MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY
Malta
Number of casualties: 2656
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