{"id":805,"date":"2019-10-25T07:52:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T07:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=805"},"modified":"2023-02-26T10:05:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T10:05:20","slug":"walters-lionel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/walters-lionel\/","title":{"rendered":"Walters, Lionel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Lionel (Cohen) Walters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Flight Engineer, 424 (Tiger) Squadron<br>Service number 1850361<br>Died 23 April 1944<br>Buried Goirle RC Cemetery, Netherlands<br>Age 22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Headstone Inscription<br>&#8216;REST IN PEACE, MY DARLING&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Lionel was born on 7 October 1921 in Hackney, London to Nathaniel Cohen and Lena n\u00e9e Cash and was an only child. In 1939, the family lived at 50 Winchester Avenue, Willesden and Nathaniel worked as a tailor. Lionel was a member of the Jewish Youth Club in Cricklewood and before he enlisted he changed his surname by deed poll from Cohen to Walters. (He was named Walter Lionel at birth). <em>&#8216;Lionel\u2019s last flight was with a Canadian crew who were shot down near the Belgian\/German border on their return from a successful bombing raid over Dresden. I think one crew member may have been rescued and, although injured, survived. This was a mission of fate for Lionel as he was not scheduled for that flight \u2013 a friend wanted to get married at that time and they changed places! \u2018As he apparently took steps to conceal his Jewish identity, his grave was initially marked with a cross. After his parents\u2019 visit, this was speedily replaced by a Magen David.&#8217;<\/em> Excerpt from &#8216;We Will Remember Them&#8217; by Henry Morris &amp; Martin Sugarman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April 1943, Lionel married Ada Harvey in Southend on Sea, Essex and their son Barrie was born fourteen days after Lionel&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lionel was the flight engineer on Halifax LV780 which departed RAF Skipton-on-Swale on a night operation to Dusseldorf. On the return journey the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter. <br>The crew that died were buried in Goirle Roman Catholic Cemetery and after 1945 the four RCAF members of crew were taken to Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pilot, Wilfred Ferdinand Vornbrock R\/135876, RCAF.<br>F\/E, Lionel Walters 1850361. <br>Nav, John Seddon Laird J\/87503,  RCAF. <br>B\/A, Frederick Peter Cammaart R\/115376, RCAF. <br>W\/Op A\/G, Leslie Hanson 1131665. <br>A\/G, John James Renning J\/91048, RCAF. <br>A\/G, P.P. Morrisey J\/91170, RCAF, Prisoner of War. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Lionel-Walters-wedding.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2288\" width=\"405\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Lionel-Walters-wedding.jpg 314w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Lionel-Walters-wedding-250x382.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Lionel-Walters-wedding-120x183.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lionel &amp; Ada&#8217;s wedding, Southend on Sea, April 1943 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lionel-Walters-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11107\" width=\"400\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lionel-Walters-portrait.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lionel-Walters-portrait-250x401.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lionel-Walters-portrait-120x192.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lionel-Walters-headstone-700x1050.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lionel-Walters-headstone-700x1050.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lionel-Walters-headstone-250x375.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lionel-Walters-headstone-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lionel-Walters-headstone-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lionel-Walters-headstone-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lionel-Walters-headstone-120x180.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lionel-Walters-headstone-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lionel-Walters-Cohen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12602\" width=\"402\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lionel-Walters-Cohen.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lionel-Walters-Cohen-120x176.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lionel (Cohen) Walters Flight Engineer, 424 (Tiger) SquadronService number 1850361Died 23 April 1944Buried Goirle RC Cemetery, NetherlandsAge 22 Headstone Inscription&#8216;REST IN PEACE, MY DARLING&#8217; Lionel was born on 7 October 1921 in Hackney, London to Nathaniel Cohen and Lena n\u00e9e Cash and was an only child. 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