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Military service
Service number:
163829
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
May 17, 1889
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
6.B. 17.
Additional information
Son of John and Mary Gatenby, of Leeds, Yorkshire; husband of Grace Gatenby, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Walter Gatenby
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Memorial Plaque
Walter Gatenby's name is inscribed on this Memorial Plaque. -
Sons of England War Memorial
Designed by Charles Adamson in bronze and granite, the Sons of England war memorial is located on University Avenue at Elm Street in Toronto. The inscription on this 1923 Memorial reads: "ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO DISTRICTS SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR". -
Close up of Sons of England War Memorial
Walter Gatenby's name is included on the SOE War Memorial. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper Article regarding the unveiling of the Berkeley Street Methodist Church Memorial Tablet in May 1920. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located by the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is attached to the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of WALTER GATENBY
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Gatenby
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Gatenby
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Gatenby
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 242 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 Pas de Calais, France
The CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 is about 2.5 kilometres north of the village of Neuville-St. Vaast. The village is about 6 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Bethune. The cemetery is on a spur road turning left from the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle, about 1 kilometre south of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy.
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