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Military service
Service number:
7192
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Death:
June 15, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Reid.
Digital gallery of Private James Henry Reid
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Preston War Memorial
Preston Ontario Cenotaph. Dedicated November 8, 1926. The names of Preston soldiers killed in the Second World War were added in 1949. Inscribed: IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF PRESTON WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SHARED ITS DANGERS. -
Photo of James Henry Reid
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JAMES HENRY REID
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private James Henry Reid
Digital gallery of
Private James Henry Reid
Digital gallery of
Private James Henry Reid
Digital gallery of
Private James Henry Reid
Digital gallery of
Private James Henry Reid
Digital gallery of
Private James Henry Reid
Digital gallery of
Private James Henry Reid
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 33 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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