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Military service
Service number:
457179
Age:
34
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Birth:
February 22, 1884
Death:
October 4, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. E. 1.
Digital gallery of Private Walter Frederick Dicks
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Memorial
St. Matthew's Anglican Church 217 First Avenue Ottawa, Ontario -
Memorial Stained Glass
'The Resurrection' by Robert McCausland Limited was dedicated at St Matthew's Anglican Church in the Glebe, Ottawa on 17 Jan 1921 to the members of the church who served during the Great War. The window was transferred to the current site, 217 First Avenue in 1938. -
Newspaper Clipping
1 of 2 articles from the Ottawa Times when he died. This one is from 1917 -
Newspaper Clipping
Another article from the Ottawa Times -- 17 Oct 1918 -
Family gravemarker
Walters' name is listed on the Family Headstone in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa. -
Photo of Walter Frederick Dicks
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Grave Marker
Private Walter Frederick Dicks, 1884-1918, 457179, Bourlon Wood Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Private Walter Frederick Dicks was killed in action by enemy bomb during an air raid near Bourlon Oct 4, 1918. -
Newspaper Clipping
Private Walter Frederick Dicks' nephews James & Thomas remembered both uncles serving in the trenches in their letters to Santa, Ottawa Journal Dec 19, 1917. -
Attestation papers
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Attestation papers
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Frederick Dicks
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Frederick Dicks
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Frederick Dicks
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Frederick Dicks
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Frederick Dicks
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Frederick Dicks
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Frederick Dicks
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Frederick Dicks
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Frederick Dicks
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 397 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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