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Reginald Heber Ribton

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Reginald Heber Ribton

July 9, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

53280

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

18th Bn.

Citation(s):

Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information


Born:

March 12, 1892
Dublin, Ireland

Enlistment:

October 26, 1914
Windsor, Ontario

Son of R. H. and Sarah A. Ribton, of Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland.

Commemorated on Page 315 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VIII. E. 4.

Location:

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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  • War Diary– Appendix to October 1916 War Diary outlining the soldiers who won decorations from Septembers 1916 action on the Somme Front.

Contributed by E.Edwards www.18thbattalioncef.wordpress.com
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Roll of Honour– Lance Corporal Reginald Heber Ribton's name was included on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. He indicated on his military attestation that he was a clerk.  Source:  The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial.  Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal.  This large Souvenir Edition magazine included the Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses.
  • Inscription

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