Walter B. Tucker received the rank of Brigadier in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. He was an officer in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War. Later he became a captain in the Indian Army. He was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1944 and was the commanding officer of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment and Brigadier Commander 1 Militia Group. After the war, he returned to Grand Falls and worked for the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company.

After the start-up of the Regiment again in 1949-50, he became an integral part of this re-organization. He also became the town’s first mayor after incorporation in 1961.