Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters
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Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters CMM DSO MC CD |
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| Nickname(s) | Rad |
| Born |
January 11, 1920 Gaspé, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | April 21, 2015 (aged 95) Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Allegiance |
 Canada
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| Service/branch | Canadian Army |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Unit | Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment |
| Commands held | 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) |
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Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters CMM, DSO, MC, CD, nicknamed "Rad" (January 11, 1920 – April 21, 2015), was a tank commander in the Canadian Army. He was the top tank ace of the western Allies during the Second World War.
Radley-Walters was born in Gaspé, Quebec in 1920 and graduated from Bishop's College in 1940.
Radley-Walters was commissioned in the Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment in October of that year. The regiment was redesignated 27th Armoured Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment) in January 1942 and embarked for England in October 1942. The regiment was part of the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade supporting the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division landing in Normandy on D-Day 6 June 1944. Radley-Walters commanded a Sherman tank during the Battle of Normandy. On D-Day + 1, 7 June 1944, in fighting near Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, with the 12th SS Panzer Division, Radley-Walters had his first kill, a Panzer IV. Radley-Walters commanded a tank squadron in the regiment. His unit may have been that which killed "tank ace" Michael Wittmann of the 101. Schwere SS-Panzerabteilung, though no definitive proof has ever been provided. This claim has been disputed by 3 Troop, A Squadron, 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry tank regiment gunner Joe Ekins, who also claims to have killed Wittmann.
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