Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Walter Hugh Reckitt
In memory of:
Private Walter Hugh Reckitt
October 24, 1916
Contay, France
Military Service
129962
35
Army
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
72nd Bn.
Additional Information
January 9, 1881
Newark-on-Trent, United Kingdom
October 7, 1915
Vancouver, British Columbia
Son of Dr. Walter Francis and Rosina Reckitt, of Wainfleet, Lincs., England; husband of Rebecca Reckitt, of "Ingledene," 80, Pulteney Rd., South Woodford, Essex, England.
Commemorated on Page 152 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France
III. D. 4.
Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Walter Hugh Reckitt -
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Newspaper Clipping – Newspaper clipping from the Daily Telegraph of October 24, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12214901/Daily-Telegraph-October-24-1917.html
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