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On this Saturday, had he lived, Walter Macken would be 110 years old. He was born on May 3, 1915 in St Joseph’s Avenue. His father was originally from Knock, Spiddal and came to Galway aged 14 and worked as a carpenter during the day. At night, he became an actor who performed numerous roles in the Racquet Court Theatre in Middle Street. He became unemployed in 1915 and, as he had a wife and three children to support, he joined the British Army, the Royal Fusiliers to be precise. He was sent to France and was killed on March 28, 1916 in St Eloi. He is in our first photograph in his army uniform.