'Walter Favell

 

Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission: -Private Walter Favell
Service Number: 5880518
5th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment

Died 25 November 1942, aged 34 years

Buried or commemorated at

MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY  18. A. 15.

Tunisia

Son of John and Maria Favell, of St. Ives, Huntingdonshire.

His brother Charlie, mentioned in the newspaper report, did return home after being held captive in a Japanese Prisoner of War camp.  He is said to have committed suicide shortly after the war, possibly as a result of the toll his experiences took on his mental health.

Walter Favell Northants Regiment