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13 de jul. de 2016 · El documento que describía los detalles de la muerte de Eric Fletcher Waters, padre de Roger, fue enviado a su agente William Morris Endeavor de Los Angeles. Un documento que detallaba en que causas falleció Eric según el reporte de la época del comandante del octavo batallón de fusileros reales y teniente coronel, J Oliver ...
Eric Fletcher Waters was a religious Christian and a pacifist. During the early years of the WWII, Eric was exempted from military service as a conscientious objector and he served as an ambulance driver in Cambridge.
18 de nov. de 2023 · Eric Fletcher Waters, quien paradójicamente también perdió a su padre en la guerra (la Primera, en su caso), era un profesor de historia de origen humilde, pacifista y comunista que guardaba ...
"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.
Waters was born on 6 September 1943, the younger of two boys, to Mary (née Whyte; 1913–2009) and Eric Fletcher Waters (1914–1944), in Great Bookham, Surrey. His father, the son of a coal miner and Labour Party activist, was a schoolteacher, a devout Christian, and a Communist Party member.
11 de oct. de 2013 · Eric Fletcher Waters died in 1944 while serving as a second lieutenant with the Royal Fusiliers as they advanced through Italy. Earlier this year, his son Roger made an emotional journey to visit the battlefield where his father was killed along with thousands of other Allied troops.
19 de sept. de 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.
