McGill Library
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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Walker, Philip L. C. (Philip Lewis Coates), 1892-1955
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Description area
Dates of existence
1892-1955
History
Philip L. C. Walker was born in Montreal and grew up in the suburb of Westmount, but the family also spent some time in Winnipeg. His career before the war included work as a clerk and stenographer. During World War I he served in France as a first lieutenant with the 3rd Dorset Regiment. While based in Dorset for training, he met and married his wife, Emilie Mabel Marston Davies, in 1918; he joined the Freemasons there the same year. Later he was a captain with the 4th Somerset Light Infantry. At the end of his life, he lived in Bournemouth in England.