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Military service
Service number:
210787
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
20th Bn.
Birth:
March 17, 1897
Death:
May 9, 1917
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Additional information
Son of George and Martha Read, of Beamsville, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Ellis George Read
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War Memorial
A stained glass window was erected at Trinity United Church, 4287 William Street, Beamsville, ON. This stained glass window depicting an Honour Roll, is dedicated to those veterans listed, lost during the First and Second World Wars. This memorial was unveiled in the 1940s.<P> -
War Memorial
Beamsville Ontario War Memorial. Sculptor: Hamilton MacCarthy, R.C.A. -
Plaque
Beamsville Ontario War Memorial. Sculptor: Hamilton MacCarthy, R.C.A. -
Inscriptions
Beamsville Ontario War Memorial. Sculptor: Hamilton MacCarthy, R.C.A. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private Ellis George Read
Digital gallery of
Private Ellis George Read
Digital gallery of
Private Ellis George Read
Digital gallery of
Private Ellis George Read
Digital gallery of
Private Ellis George Read
Digital gallery of
Private Ellis George Read
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 313 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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