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Military service
Service number:
M/35129
Age:
21
Rank:
Signalman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Birth:
Alberta
Enlistment:
February 17, 1942
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
January 17, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I, F, 65.
Additional information
Son of John and Edith (nee Gale) Reid, of Oras, Alberta. Brother of Edith, John and Pilot Officer William Ferguson Reid, 75th Squadron, RCAF, killed in action 22 May 1944.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Signalman Thomas Alexander Walker Reid
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Photo of THOMAS ALEXANDER WALKER REID
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Signalman Reid's death was reported in this February 1945 newspaper article. -
Newpaper clipping (part 2)
List of casualties. -
Grave Marker
Photos taken during RCR and Signallers Op Husky Battlefield Tour October 2010. (Richard,Thomson.Holsworth,Nolan) -
Cemetery
Photos taken during RCR and Signallers Op Husky Battlefield Tour October 2010. (Richard,Thomson.Holsworth,Nolan) -
Cross of Sacrifice
Photos taken during RCR and Signallers Op Husky Battlefield Tour October 2010. (Richard,Thomson.Holsworth,Nolan) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Signalman Thomas Alexander Walker Reid
Digital gallery of
Signalman Thomas Alexander Walker Reid
Digital gallery of
Signalman Thomas Alexander Walker Reid
Digital gallery of
Signalman Thomas Alexander Walker Reid
Digital gallery of
Signalman Thomas Alexander Walker Reid
Digital gallery of
Signalman Thomas Alexander Walker Reid
Digital gallery of
Signalman Thomas Alexander Walker Reid
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 557 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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