Walter George Prosser
The son of Walter and Alice Edith Prosser, of Leominster. He held the rank of Sergeant Wireless Operator / Air Gunner and was posted to North Africa with 3 Ferry Training Unit (3 FTU). Their purpose was to train pilots—normally on active duty—to ferry their aircraft over long distances.
He was killed on 25th September 1943 whilst on a flight aboard Wellington Mk XII MP637, which flew into high ground while in cloud near Saka, Morocco. He was just 21 years old.
He is buried alongside his crewmates A.E. Carter, R. Whiting, and A.G.W. Wright in Le Petit Lac Cemetery, situated on the south-eastern outskirts of Oran in Algeria.
“SLEEP ON, DEAR WALTER. AS LONG AS LIFE AND MEMORY LAST WE WILL REMEMBER THEE”