Private ROY ALEXANDER WALKER (photo added)



Rank | Private |
Forenames | ROY ALEXANDER |
Surname | WALKER (photo added) |
Initials | R A |
Place of Birth |
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Date of Birth | Tuesday, 30 January 1912 |
Date of Death | Wednesday, 19 August 1942 |
Age | 30 |
Nationality |
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Residence or Entered Service From | TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA |
Service Number | B/67811 | Force |
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Service/Corps/Regiment | Royal Regiment of Canada, Canadian Infantry Corps |
Unit / Ship / Battalion / Squadron | 1 Battalion, Royal Regiment of Canada, C Company |
Military Honours and Awards | |
Place of Burial/Commemoration |
DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, HAUTOT-SUR-MER
Roll of honour |
Grave/Memorial Location | G. 28. |
Previous Place(s) of Burial | Unknown |
Epitaph | |
Family Details | SON OF JAMES AND RACHEL WALKER; HUSBAND OF JEAN ELIZABETH WALKER, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO. |
Additional Information
Private ROY ALEXANDER WALKER served with C Company, 1 Battalion, Royal Regiment of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps. He is also commemorated on the Wheatley Cenotaph, Wheatley, Ontario, Canada.1
References |
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1. | Information kindly provided by Bill Siddall, Historian & Archivist Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 324, Wheatley, Ontario, Canada. |
2. | Copy of original document available from the Veterans Affairs Canada, Canadian Virtual War Memorial Book of Remembrance p.121. |
Acknowledgements and Credits |
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Source of original data: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
Headstone photograph: | Carl Shilleto |
Cross marker photograph: | |
Individual photograph: | Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 324, Wheatley, Ontario, Canada. |
Additional photographs provided by: | |
Additional information provided by: | Bill Siddall, Historian & Archivist Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 324, Wheatley, Ontario, Canada. |
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