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Howard Kenneth Walker

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Howard Kenneth Walker

October 25, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

704072

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

102nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

November 7, 1892

Son of Howard William and Anne Florence Walker, of Anerley, London, England.

Commemorated on Page 177 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

III. F. 6.

Location:

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 Daily Colonist of November 17, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y293uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
  • Biography– From "Memorial of the Great War 1914 - 1918 : A Record of Service" published by the Bank of Montreal in 1921
  • Photo of HOWARD KENNETH WALKER– From "Memorial of the Great War 1914 - 1918 : A Record of Service" published by the Bank of Montreal in 1921

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