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Reginald James Buchanan

In memory of:

Sergeant Reginald James Buchanan

July 13, 1916
Armentières, France

Military Service

Service Number:

53440

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

18th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

January 23, 1894
Metcalfe Township, Middlesex, Ontario

Enlistment:

October 26, 1914
Strathroy, Ontario

Son of Capt. James Buchanan and Jane Elizabeth Fitzgerald, of Kerrwood, Ontario. Spouse of Beryl Buchanan (nee Chalmers), of Stratford, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 60 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

II. D. 9.

Location:

Armentieres is a town in the Department of the Nord, on the Belgian frontier, 14.5 kilometres north-west of Lille. From the town of Armentieres take the D945 to Estaires. CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY is signposted off this road just before Erquinghem-sur-la-Lys.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brubacher to Bunyan. Mircoform Sequence 15; Volume Number 31829_B016724; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 159 Page 307 of 668

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brubacher to Bunyan. Mircoform Sequence 15; Volume Number 31829_B016724; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 159 Page 307 of 668
  • Newspaper clipping– In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press July 1916......Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press July 1916......Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press July 1916......Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press July 1916......Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Cenotaph– Sergeant Reginald James Buchanan is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Strathroy, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Cenotaph – Sergeant Reginald James Buchanan is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Strathroy, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Cenotaph– Sergeant Reginald James Buchanan is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Strathroy, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Cenotaph – Sergeant Reginald James Buchanan is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Strathroy, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Honour Roll– From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.

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    Honour Roll – From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.
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  • Biography– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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