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Radio Officer WALTER HOWELL GRUAR

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cable Ship Personnel

H.M.S. Cecile Mapleson

Date of Death

Died 03 September 1942

Age 43 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EAST LONDON (EAST BANK) CEMETERY

Sec. 11C. Grave 744E.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Sarah Lois Gruar, of Barnet, Hertfordshire, England.
  • Personal Inscription TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF WALTER R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

EAST LONDON (EAST BANK) CEMETERY
Eastern Cape South Africa
Number of casualties: 184
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