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Lloyd George Reid

In memory of:

Rifleman Lloyd George Reid

November 9, 1943
Camp Niigata-Rinko 5B, Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

C/41424

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Additional Information

Born:

December 12, 1915
Chalk River, Ontario

Enlistment:

July 1, 1940
Petawawa, Ontario

Son of David Reid and Margaret Rose Anne Moreau (alias Morrow), of Almonte, Ontario. Brother of Edwin David Henry Reid, who served with the Canadian Army in Europe during the Second World War; he survived the war.

In 1939, Lloyd served with the Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment – NPAM, then with the regular force of that regiment on 1 July 1940, with the 1st Midland Regiment on 1 October 1940, and with the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada, on 18 October 1941.

He served in Ontario, in New Brunswick, in Hong Kong with Force C and in Japan as prisoner of war. He had 1,223 days of service, including 743 overseas.

Commemorated on Page 206 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan

Grave Reference:

Sec. B. A. 7.

Location:

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY is 9 kilometres west of the city on Yuenchi-Dori, Hodogaya Ward, which branches left off the old Tokkaido highway. The nearest railway station is Hodogaya, 5 kilometres to the north on the JNR line but the cemetery is easily reached by bus from Yokohama station.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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