Who Do You Think You Are?

'WALTER WAS A CHILD HERO'

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This illustration depicting Walter Myatt was published in a newspaper in June 1897

 

KAREN MEAGER is a retired administrator who lives in Kent

FAMILY HERO A gem from a reader's family tree

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Two young girls were playing by the deep, still waters of the Grand Surrey Canal in Camberwell, South London, in 1895. One of them fell into the canal and her friend, who went to her aid, also fell in.

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