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Military service
Service number:
427579
Age:
23
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
April 15, 1893
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
September 13, 1915
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Death:
September 4, 1916
Burial/memorial information
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Son of James and Mary E. McClelland, of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
Brother of Private Norman Leslie McClelland, who died on October 8, 1916, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
Digital gallery of Corporal George Reginald McClelland
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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) -
Photo of George Reginald McClelland
George Reginald McClelland was the son of James and Mary McClelland of Moose Jaw, SK. He was killed in action near Somme, France in 1916. His brother Norman Leslie was also killed in action near Somme thirty-four days later.
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Corporal George Reginald McClelland
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Reginald McClelland
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Reginald McClelland
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 122 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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