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NAME:                      Blacker, William Desmond
RANK:                      Lieutenant Colonel
UNIT:                      Royal Artillery
BATTALION ETC:             Commanding 179th Field Regiment
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         27893
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    11th July 1944
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux, Calvados, France
OTHER INFORMATION:         DSO. Age 40. Son of Stewart William Ward and Eva Lucy Mary St. John Blacker of Charminster, Dorsetshire.