Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Howard Kenneth Walker
In memory of:
Lance Corporal Howard Kenneth Walker
October 25, 1916
Military Service
704072
24
Army
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
102nd Bn.
Additional Information
November 7, 1892
Son of Howard William and Anne Florence Walker, of Anerley, London, England.
Commemorated on Page 177 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France
III. F. 6.
Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of November 17, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y293uvic/mode/1up?view=theater -
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Biography – From "Memorial of the Great War 1914 - 1918 : A Record of Service" published by the Bank of Montreal in 1921 -
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Photo of HOWARD KENNETH WALKER – From "Memorial of the Great War 1914 - 1918 : A Record of Service" published by the Bank of Montreal in 1921
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