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Military service
Service number:
908045
Age:
28
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
5th Field Coy.
Birth:
February 19, 1889
Death:
May 28, 1917
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Son of George and Maria Rayns, of 54, Acton Rd., Long Eaton, Notts, England; husband of Florence Pounder (formerly Rayns), of 860, Cameron St. Regina, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Sapper George Rayns
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Vimy Memorial
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Inscription on Vimy Memorial
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens - April 2007
Digital gallery of
Sapper George Rayns
Digital gallery of
Sapper George Rayns
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 313 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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