Walter Barclay Explained

Walter Barclay
Birth Date:22 August 1899
Death Place:Tunisia
Birth Name:Walter Patrick Barclay
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:British Army
Rank:Lieutenant colonel
Servicenumber:183
Unit:Black Watch, 6th Battalion
Battles:World War II

Lt. Col. Walter Patrick Barclay (22 August 1899 – 21 May 1943) was a British soldier.

Life and career

Barclay was the son of Theodore Charles Barclay and Elizabeth Mary Barclay (née Frazer).[1] He married Daphne Binny in London in 1937.[2]

Barclay was assistant military attaché in Rome in 1938, where his son Peter (who later became leader of Clan Barclay) was born.[3]

During World War II, Barclay served in the Black Watch, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel.[4] He died in the Tunisian campaign in May 1943.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2541382 Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Barclay, Walter Patrick
  2. [General Register Office]
  3. http://www.clanbarclay.org/?page_id=44 Clan Barclay – Who's Who
  4. http://www.thepeerage.com/p13195.htm#i131946 The Peerage
  5. http://www.blackwatch.50megs.com/6thbtn.htm Roll of Honour of the 6th Battalion Black Watch 1939–1945