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Military service
Service number:
21478
Age:
25
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
5th Bn.
Death:
May 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Mrs. Sarah Hay, of Oak Cottage, Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Sergeant William Reid Hay
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. 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) -
Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens.
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Sergeant William Reid Hay
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Reid Hay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 18 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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