Military service
Burial/memorial information
The town of Hoevelaken renamed a street as Pte Walter (Jock) Strang in a ceremony on 29 November 2007. Private Strang was previously honoured on a small cenotaph which stood at the site where he died in battle during the liberation of Hoevelaken from occupying German troops. Ian Strang, a nephew of Private Strang flew to the Netherlands to attend the ceremony, along with three of his Private Strangs' comrades from the Loyal Edmonton Regiment.
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45.
Digital gallery of Private Walter Strang
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Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of Walter Strang
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Photo of memorial in Hoevelaken, Netherlands -
Memorial
Photo 2 of memorial in Hoevelaken, Netherlands -
Photo of WALTER STRANG
Photo 3 of memorial in Hoevelaken, Netherlands -
Grave marker
2nd row left. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Walter Strang
Walter Strang (source: Theo Zuurman/Historisch Hoevelaken) -
Grave marker
Grave marker from Walter Strang's grave at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Strang
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Strang
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Strang
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Strang
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Strang
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Strang
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Strang
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Strang
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Strang
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 568 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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