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Reginald Frank Woods

In memory of:

Signalman Reginald Frank Woods

October 26, 1955

Military Service


Service Number:

B-800351

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals

Citation(s):

Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea, War Medal 1939-45,Korea Medal and United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Additional Information


Born:

July 9, 1924
Croydon, England

Enlistment:

July 9, 1941
Orillia, Ontario

Husband of Virginia L.F.(nee Williamson) Woods of Toronto, Ontario. Son of William and Nellie (nee Gelliksen)Woods.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

Commemorated on Page 80 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

COLDWATER CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

N/A

Digital Collection

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  • Inscription– Memorial plaques for Signalman Reginald Frank Woods, Corporal Norman Woodcock, Private Frederick Robert Wood and Private Edward Herbert Wilson on the Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario.
  • Memorial– A section of the Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario. The memorial consists of a central section and 13 other sections containing memorial plaques for each of the 516 Canadian service men who died while serving with the Canadian Forces in the United Nations operations in Korea. It was erected by the Korea Veterans Association of Canada and was dedicated on July 27, 1997.
  • Memorial– Central Section of Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Part 1
  • Memorial– Central Section of Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Part 2
  • Memorial– Central Section of Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Part 3
  • Inscription– Signalman REGINALD FRANK WOODS is one of 23 soldiers commemorated on this panel and is one of the 516 soldiers whose names appear on the Korean War Monument in Ottawa.  It was erected IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE CANADIAN WHO DIED IN SERVICE DURING THE KOREAN WAR 1950-1953 AND ON KOREAN PEACE KEEPING DUTIES, 1953-1957.  Signalman REGINALD FRANK WOODS died on October 26, 1955.
  • Korean War Monument– Korean War Monument, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Close up of Korean War Memorial– Close–up of the Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario.  This features a Canadian soldier, facing toward Busan, Korea, where an identical monument watches over the graves of 378 Canadians in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery. Accompanying the volunteer are two Korean children, both holding symbols: the girl, a bouquet of maple leaves symbolizing Canada; and the boy, a bouquet of maple leaves and roses of Sharon, the national flower of Korea.
  • Dedication– Dedicatory inscription, Korean War Monument, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Grave Marker

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