Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
B/3047
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
February 18, 1921
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 13, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 19, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
1. W. 17.
Additional information
Son of Frederick Ducker of Toronto, Ontario.
Ducker Lake, District of Keewatin in Nunavut, formerly part of the North West Territories was named after William Ducker.
Digital gallery of Private William Skirving Ducker
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Photo of William Ducker
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
This obituary of Pte. Ducking was obtained from a microfilm copy of a 1944 Toronto newspaper. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of William Ducker
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Medals
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave marker
His grave at Hermanville, Calvados, France
Digital gallery of
Private William Skirving Ducker
Digital gallery of
Private William Skirving Ducker
Digital gallery of
Private William Skirving Ducker
Digital gallery of
Private William Skirving Ducker
Digital gallery of
Private William Skirving Ducker
Digital gallery of
Private William Skirving Ducker
Digital gallery of
Private William Skirving Ducker
Digital gallery of
Private William Skirving Ducker
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 295 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
Hermanville-sur-Mer lies 13 kilometres north of Caen on the road to Lion-sur-Mer (the D60). To reach the War Cemetery go northwards right through Hermanville; after leaving the Mairie (Town Hall) on your left, turn right. The gates to the War Cemetery will be found after 300 metres.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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