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Lance Corporal

Bernard Leslie Walters

Service number Not Known
Military unit Royal Army Service Corps
Address 48 Morven Avenue, Mansfield Woodhouse.
Date of birth 15 May 1922
Date of death 18 Jul 1946 (24 years old)
Place of birth Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire
Employment, education or hobbies

Apprentice motor mechanic at Beard's Garage Mansfield Woodhouse.
Member of Station Street Methodist church and was part of their Sunday School. Was also a member of Mansfield Swimming Club.

Family history

Son of Bernard and Lillian Walters of 48 Morven Avenue, Mansfield Woodhouse.
Siblings: John William (1916), Lily May (1918) and Edith Ellen (1919).

Military history

As Bernard died after his discharge from the Army his details have not been included on the CWGC site.
Mansfield Chronicle Advertiser: 25/7/1946: Young Woodhouse Ex-Soldier's Passing:
After only just completing his demobilisation leave a 24 year old Woodhouse soldier, Mr Leslie Walters had to be taken to Mansfield General Hospital on Wednesday last week and died the following day. Discharged from R.A.S.C. with the rank of Lance Corporal he had seen six years service in the Middle East, North Africa and Italian campaigns and was injured during the seige of Tobruk.
The deceased was the younger son of Mr & Mrs B Walters of 48 Morven Avenue Mansfield Woodhouse. He worked for Beard's Garage, Mansfield Woodhouse before entering the Army and was known to many by his cheerful disposition.
A member of Station Street Methodist Church, he had passed through their Sunday Schoo and a memorial service is to be held there next Sunday evening. At one time he belonged to the Mansfield Swimming Club.
The British Leigion Standard Bearer and other members honoured their late comrade when the funeral took place on Monday and the coffin was draped with the Union Jack.

Extra information

Courtsey of Barbara Berry:
Bernard Leslie died in 1946 from complications to a head wound that he had suffered at Tobruk. He hadn't told anyone that he was suffering from pain until it got so bad he was forced to see a doctor.
He underwent an operation and it was found that complications from his original wound had left an abcess on his brain and this in turn led to meningitis, from which he died.

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