NAM.2002-02-598-2

One of three copies of a typewritten letter of condolence, 20 Mar 1943. Letter sent to Lt Westwater’s mother by his Commanding Officer Maj H R Carr, 21 Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, ‘In the Field’, in which he gives details of the action in which Westwater was killed. From a collection of papers relating to Lt David Westwater, Royal Engineers. Lt Westwater was killed in action near Bir Beir, 15 km south of Mareth, Tunisia, 16 Mar 1943.

World War Two, North Africa (1940-1945)