Service militaire
Lieu de l’enterrement/commemoration
Fils d'Andrew A. Walker et Helen E. Walker, de Kisbey, Saskatchewan.
Frère du Lieutenant d’aviation Bruce Douglas Walker, AFM, Aviation royale canadienne, tué en action le 8 août 1944.
Galerie numérique de Flight Sergeant William Archibald Walker
Galerie numérique de
Flight Sergeant William Archibald Walker
Photo of grave marker
courtesy of Rich Allenby
(see www.allenby.info/aircraft/planes/insea/am804.html)
At 09.50hrs on the 17th of March 1942 Hudson #AM804 crashed into the sea about a mile off Redcar and broke up. Redcar lifeboat went to try and help but were only able to recover one body at the time. Two others were later washed ashore.
Buried in Thornaby on Tees Cemetery:
P/O (P) John H Braybrooks MiD RAF, aged 30
Sgt (OB) William A Walker, aged 26, of Kisbey, Sask.
P/O (OB) Floyd B Cobb, aged 23, of Outlook, Sask.
The following names are inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sgt (OB) Francis H McMullin, of Kamloops, Victoria, B. C.
Sgt (WAG) Louis J Krapek aged 19, of Huntsville, Ont.
F/Sgt (WAG) Jack R Dickerson RAF, aged 21, of Holkham, Norfolk.
Galerie numérique de
Flight Sergeant William Archibald Walker
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Galerie numérique de
Flight Sergeant William Archibald Walker
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Galerie numérique de
Flight Sergeant William Archibald Walker
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Galerie numérique de
Flight Sergeant William Archibald Walker
From the Leader Post Regina, Saskatchewan. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Photo of grave marker courtesy of Rich Allenby (see www.allenby.info/aircraft/planes/insea/am804.html) At 09.50hrs on the 17th of March 1942 Hudson #AM804 crashed into the sea about a mile off Redcar and broke up. Redcar lifeboat went to try and help but were only able to recover one body at the time. Two others were later washed ashore. Buried in Thornaby on Tees Cemetery: P/O (P) John H Braybrooks MiD RAF, aged 30 Sgt (OB) William A Walker, aged 26, of Kisbey, Sask. P/O (OB) Floyd B Cobb, aged 23, of Outlook, Sask. The following names are inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial. Sgt (OB) Francis H McMullin, of Kamloops, Victoria, B. C. Sgt (WAG) Louis J Krapek aged 19, of Huntsville, Ont. F/Sgt (WAG) Jack R Dickerson RAF, aged 21, of Holkham, Norfolk.
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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From the Leader Post Regina, Saskatchewan. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Dans les livres du souvenir
Inscription commémorative sur la :
Page 122 du Livre du Souvenir de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
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THORNABY-ON-TEES CEMETERY Yorkshire, Royaume-Uni
Pour plus d’informations, visitez la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth (site disponible en anglais seulement).
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