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Hugh MacMillan Walker

In memory of:

Lieutenant Hugh MacMillan Walker

June 6, 1944
Normandy, France

Military Service


Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information


Born:

October 14, 1922
Yorkton, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

June 2, 1941
Port Arthur, Ontario

Son of William and Maisie Walker, of Canora, Saskatchewan.

The government of Saskatchewan honoured Lieutenant Walker by naming Walker Bay, located in western Otter Lake, in his memory.

Commemorated on Page 470 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

VA. B. 2.

Location:

Ranville is best reached by taking the D513 north-eastwards out of Caen, and after about 9 kilometres turning left at Herouvillette. Go north for one kilometre and then turn left into Ranville village. The War Cemetery is on Rue des Airbornes.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Stained Glass Window– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

2712 Capt Hugh Macmillan Walker (RMC 1939) was the son of William and Maisie Walker, of Canora, Saskatchewan. The government of Saskatchewan honoured Lieutenant Walker by naming Walker Bay, located in western Otter Lake, in his memory. He served with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C. He died on Jun 6, 1944 at 22 years of age. He was buried in the Ranville War Cemetery in Calvados, France.
  • Monument– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

2712 Capt Hugh Macmillan Walker (RMC 1939) was the son of William and Maisie Walker, of Canora, Saskatchewan. The government of Saskatchewan honoured Lieutenant Walker by naming Walker Bay, located in western Otter Lake, in his memory. He served with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C. He died on Jun 6, 1944 at 22 years of age. He was buried in the Ranville War Cemetery in Calvados, France.
  • Plaque– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

2712 Lieutenant Hugh Macmillan Walker (RMC 1939) He served with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C. He died on Jun 6, 1944 in Normandy France at 22 years of age. He was buried at the Ranville War Cemetery in Calvados, France.
  • Stained Glass Window– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

2712 Lieutenant Hugh Macmillan Walker (RMC 1939) He served with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C. He died on Jun 6, 1944 in Normandy France at 22 years of age. He was buried at the Ranville War Cemetery in Calvados, France.
  • Memorial– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

2712 Lieutenant Hugh Macmillan Walker (RMC 1939) He served with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C. He died on Jun 6, 1944 in Normandy France at 22 years of age. He was buried at the Ranville War Cemetery in Calvados, France.

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