Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Richard Rainford
In memory of:
Corporal Richard Rainford
April 9, 1917
Military Service
410863
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Army
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
38th Bn.
Military Medal, Fourth Supplement to the London Gazette dated 26 May 1917. British War Medal, Victory Medal
Military Medal
Additional Information
February 17, 1886
Southport, England
May 8, 1915
Lindsay, Ontario
Spouse of Elizabeth Rainford of Toronto, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 313 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
VILLERS STATION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
V. F. 4.
Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – Mrs. Richard Rainford was interviewed for this newspaper article about her relative Pte. Nathan Wilkinson. She mentions that her own husband had been killed on April 9th, 1917.
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