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Military service
Age:
21
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
October 14, 1922
Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
June 2, 1941
Port Arthur, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Normandy, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VA. B. 2.
Additional information
Son of William and Maisie Walker, of Canora, Saskatchewan.
The government of Saskatchewan honoured Lieutenant Walker by naming Walker Bay, located in western Otter Lake, in his memory.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Hugh MacMillan Walker
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Stained Glass Window
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2712 Capt Hugh Macmillan Walker (RMC 1939) was the son of William and Maisie Walker, of Canora, Saskatchewan. The government of Saskatchewan honoured Lieutenant Walker by naming Walker Bay, located in western Otter Lake, in his memory. He served with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C. He died on Jun 6, 1944 at 22 years of age. He was buried in the Ranville War Cemetery in Calvados, France. -
Monument
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2712 Capt Hugh Macmillan Walker (RMC 1939) was the son of William and Maisie Walker, of Canora, Saskatchewan. The government of Saskatchewan honoured Lieutenant Walker by naming Walker Bay, located in western Otter Lake, in his memory. He served with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C. He died on Jun 6, 1944 at 22 years of age. He was buried in the Ranville War Cemetery in Calvados, France. -
Plaque
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2712 Lieutenant Hugh Macmillan Walker (RMC 1939) He served with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C. He died on Jun 6, 1944 in Normandy France at 22 years of age. He was buried at the Ranville War Cemetery in Calvados, France. -
Stained Glass Window
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2712 Lieutenant Hugh Macmillan Walker (RMC 1939) He served with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C. He died on Jun 6, 1944 in Normandy France at 22 years of age. He was buried at the Ranville War Cemetery in Calvados, France. -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2712 Lieutenant Hugh Macmillan Walker (RMC 1939) He served with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C. He died on Jun 6, 1944 in Normandy France at 22 years of age. He was buried at the Ranville War Cemetery in Calvados, France. -
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From the Regina Leader Post August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Hugh MacMillan Walker
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Hugh MacMillan Walker
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Hugh MacMillan Walker
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Hugh MacMillan Walker
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Hugh MacMillan Walker
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Hugh MacMillan Walker
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Hugh MacMillan Walker
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Hugh MacMillan Walker
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Hugh MacMillan Walker
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Page 470 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
Ranville is best reached by taking the D513 north-eastwards out of Caen, and after about 9 kilometres turning left at Herouvillette. Go north for one kilometre and then turn left into Ranville village. The War Cemetery is on Rue des Airbornes.
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