The stone numbers represent four Alberta battalions who fought in the Great War and trained at the site, known as Camp Sarcee at the time.

As a Typhoon fighter pilot, Hilton completed more than 100 operations across Europe during the Second World War and later went on to train hundreds of other young men to fly.

Hundreds of people attended a Remembrance Day ceremony at the Hangar Flight Museum in northeast Calgary on Sunday. One of the guests was a 99-year-old WWII pilot who shared his memories of the horrors of war.

During the Great War, Calgary soldiers left their families behind and bravely went into battle — thousands were killed and many more were wounded.

Global News coverage began at 10:30 a.m. MT with news anchor Linda Olsen hosting our live broadcast of #CalgaryRemembers.

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