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2nd Lt Eric Fletcher Waters. Panel 5. During World War II, he was an officer of the 8th Royal Fusiliers. He died in Anzio, Italy, during Operation Shingle or The Battle of Anzio; declared missing or presumed dead on February 18, 1944.
2nd Lieutenant Eric Fletcher Waters. Eric Fletcher Waters was born in County Durham in 1913, the son of a coal miner and Labour party activist. He studied in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, before winning a scholarship that gave him the chance to attend the University.
Feb 19, 2014 · Eric Fletcher Waters Plaque. Roger Waters has unveiled a memorial in Italy to his late father and other soldiers who were killed in an historic battle during World War Two. The memorial takes the form of a newly-erected white marble obelisk in the town of Aprilia south of Rome.
Sep 19, 2023 · He enlisted as a Second Lieutenant with the 8th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) and went on to see active service in Italy. Eric was killed on 18 February 1944 during the fighting at Anzio. His body was never recovered, and so he is commemorated on the Cassino Memorial.
"When the Tigers Broke Free" is a Pink Floyd song by Roger Waters. It describes the death of his father, Eric Fletcher Waters, on 18 February 1944, during the Battle of Anzio during the Italian Campaign of the Second World War.
2nd Lt. Eric Fletcher Waters . British Army 8th Btn. Royal Fusiliers . from:Great Bookham, Surrey (d.18th Feb 1944) Eric Waters was born in 1914 in Great Bookham, Surrey, the son of a coal miner and Labour Party activist. He was a schoolteacher, a devout Christian, and a Communist Party member.
Eric Fletcher Waters (1914-18 February 1944) was a British Army second lieutenant who served in the 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during World War II. Born in County Durham, the son of a coal miner, he was a devout Christian and pacifist, and he became a schoolteacher, Labour activist, and CPGB...
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