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Military service
Service number:
J/92126
Age:
20
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
630 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
June 14, 1924
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 6, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 22, 1944
Overseas, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave IVa. F. 8- 10.
Additional information
Son of Richard and May Walton, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Richard John Walton
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Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Richard John Walton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Richard John Walton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Id card
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
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Photo of RICHARD JOHN WALTON
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Other
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
A plaque on the exterior wall of Leaside Memorial Community Gardens, a hockey arena and recreational complex at 1073 Millwood Road, Toronto. The original facility was opened in 1951 and was named in remembrance of local (Leaside) men who died in World War II. Included in the names on the plaque, which was placed in 1963, is that of Richard John Walton. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2015.)
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard John Walton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard John Walton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard John Walton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard John Walton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard John Walton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard John Walton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard John Walton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard John Walton
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard John Walton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 471 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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