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Military service
Service number:
4903
Age:
39
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Army Service Corps
Division:
2nd Bn
Birth:
February 5, 1878
Death:
July 12, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. E. 18.
Additional information
Son of William and Mary Walkey, of 286, Beaverly St., Winnipeg. Born Mitchell, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sergeant William John Walkey
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Original gravemarker of William Walkey
The original grave marker for Sgt. William John Walkey. His regimental number and date of death are inscribed upon the base of this cross and visible upon enlarging this photograph. This grave marker would have been replaced by a permanent stone marker by the CWGC a few years later. Sgt. Walkey and Corporal James Learmonth (Canadian Railway Troops) died on the same day and were buried side-by-side. Graves such as these were often decorated by their comrades and photographed to send back to their relatives. -
Grave marker
Grave markers for Sgt. William John Walkey and Corporal James Learmonth as they appear today. Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium.<p> Photo by Aurel Sercu. -
Cemetery
Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium.<p>Photo by Aurel Sercu.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William John Walkey
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William John Walkey
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William John Walkey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 344 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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