Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Walter Hillyer
In memory of:
Trooper John Walter Hillyer
May 30, 1940
Military Service
7893614
Army
Royal Armoured Corps
attd. H.Q. 2nd Armd. Reconnaissance Bde.
Additional Information
Commemorated on Page 14 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
DUNKIRK MEMORIAL
Nord, France
Column 1.
The Dunkirk Memorial stands at the entrance to the British War Graves Section of Dunkirk Town Cemetery, which lies at the south-eastern corner of the town of Dunkirk, immediately south of the canal and on the road to Veurne (Furnes) in Belgium. The Dunkirk Memorial commemorates more than 4,500 casualties of the British Expeditionary Force who died in the campaign of 1939-40 and who have no known grave. The memorial was designed by Philip Hepworth. The engraved glass panel depicting the evacuation was created by John Hutton.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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