The Private Cecil Wallar Duke Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.
Cecil Wallar Duke was born in Havercork, Ont. in 1895 and lived in Banff before attending Mount Royal College during its first two years of operation. A well-known and popular athlete, Duke was the star player on the Mount Royal College hockey team in 1911/12 and the lacrosse team in 1912/13. After leaving Mount Royal, Duke worked as a brakeman on the Canadian Pacific Railway line from Calgary to Edmonton. He was one of the first to join the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles, British Columbia Regiment and was killed in France at the age of 22 years. Private Duke is also remembered on the Banff Cenotaph erected by the Mount Rundle Chapter IODE.
