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Galerie numérique de Lieutenant Ernest Alfred Reynolds
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant Ernest Alfred Reynolds
Circumstance of Death file for Lieutenant Ernest Alfred Reynolds reporting his death on October 8, 1916 during the attack on the German trenches at Courcelette, France. You will note the Date of Casualty is reported as October 3, 1916 but the text says October 8, 1916. The War Diary of the 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion confirms that the 4th Battalion was at Courcelette on October 8, 1916 but in their billets at Contay, France on October 3, 1916. A correction notice has been sent to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant Ernest Alfred Reynolds
Lieutenant Reynolds was killed in action (along with Lieutenant Francis Beers also of the 4th Bn.) during the Battle of Ancre Heights in the attack on Regina Trench on October 8, 1916. At that time, the 4th Battalion was attempting to place a block in the trench to prevent the enemy from moving back down the area of the trench that the Canadians had captured. There are only 2 Lieutenants of the 4th Battalion on the Vimy Memorial that were killed that day and have no known grave. We now know that one of those 2 Lieutenants is buried in Adanac Military Cemetery in Plot 5 Row C Grave 28.
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant Ernest Alfred Reynolds
The precise area where the 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion was located on October 8, 1916 is shown on a Trench Map Extract of the area from 1916. The block was being place at an area marked on Map 57c in Sector M Sub-sector b and at the grid coordinates 6.5 and 8.0. Each Sector (i.e. M) is 1,000 yards by 1,000 yards and each sub-sector (i.e. a, b, c d) are 500 yards by 500 yards. Each grid mark (10 marks per sub-sector) is 50 yards. The body would have been exhumed in the vicinity of 57c M14 b.45.25 along with the remains of Major A. J. Snaddon, also 4th Battalion KIA 8 October 1916.
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant Ernest Alfred Reynolds
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant Ernest Alfred Reynolds
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant Ernest Alfred Reynolds
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant Ernest Alfred Reynolds
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022
Galerie numérique de
Lieutenant Ernest Alfred Reynolds
From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Circumstance of Death file for Lieutenant Ernest Alfred Reynolds reporting his death on October 8, 1916 during the attack on the German trenches at Courcelette, France. You will note the Date of Casualty is reported as October 3, 1916 but the text says October 8, 1916. The War Diary of the 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion confirms that the 4th Battalion was at Courcelette on October 8, 1916 but in their billets at Contay, France on October 3, 1916. A correction notice has been sent to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Lieutenant Reynolds was killed in action (along with Lieutenant Francis Beers also of the 4th Bn.) during the Battle of Ancre Heights in the attack on Regina Trench on October 8, 1916. At that time, the 4th Battalion was attempting to place a block in the trench to prevent the enemy from moving back down the area of the trench that the Canadians had captured. There are only 2 Lieutenants of the 4th Battalion on the Vimy Memorial that were killed that day and have no known grave. We now know that one of those 2 Lieutenants is buried in Adanac Military Cemetery in Plot 5 Row C Grave 28.
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The precise area where the 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion was located on October 8, 1916 is shown on a Trench Map Extract of the area from 1916. The block was being place at an area marked on Map 57c in Sector M Sub-sector b and at the grid coordinates 6.5 and 8.0. Each Sector (i.e. M) is 1,000 yards by 1,000 yards and each sub-sector (i.e. a, b, c d) are 500 yards by 500 yards. Each grid mark (10 marks per sub-sector) is 50 yards. The body would have been exhumed in the vicinity of 57c M14 b.45.25 along with the remains of Major A. J. Snaddon, also 4th Battalion KIA 8 October 1916.
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His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022
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Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022
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From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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MÉMORIAL DE VIMY Pas de Calais, France
L'hommage le plus impressionnant que le Canada a rendu à ceux de ses citoyens qui ont combattu et donné leur vie au cours de la Première Guerre mondiale, a trouvé son expression concrète dans le Monument Commémoratif du Canada à Vimy, qui surplombe majestueusement la plaine de Douai du sommet de la crête de Vimy, à environ huit kilomètres au nord-est d'Arras. Le Monument représente un hommage à tous ceux qui ont combattu pour leur pays durant ces quatre années de guerre et, en particulier, à ceux qui ont donné leur vie. Sur le socle du Monument, sont gravés dans la pierre, en français et en anglais, les mots suivants :
Sur les parois du Mémorial sont inscrits les noms de plus de 11 000 soldats canadiens «manquant à l'appel et présumés morts» en France.
Le terrain du parc de ce champ de bataille, d'une superficie de 91,18 hectares, «est un don de la nation française au peuple canadien», comme l'indique une plaque à l'entrée du Mémorial. La construction de cet ouvrage gigantesque commença en 1925; onze ans plus tard, le 26 juillet 1936, le roi Édouard VIII dévoilait le Mémorial de Vimy.
Le parc qui entoure le Mémorial est l'oeuvre d'experts en horticulture. Une multitude d'arbres et d'arbustes du Canada y ont été plantés pour rappeler les forêts et les bois canadiens. Autour du Mémorial, au-delà des coteaux verdoyants qui y mènent, s'étendent des parcs boisés. À la vue des tranchées et des tunnels parfaitement restaurés, le visiteur peut imaginer l'énorme tâche que le Corps canadien dut accomplir ce matin historique, il y a bien des années.
Le 3 avril 2003, le gouvernement du Canada a désigné le 9 avril de chaque année comme étant la journée nationale du souvenir de la bataille de la crête de Vimy.
Pour plus d’informations, visitez la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth (site disponible en anglais seulement).
L’image du coquelicot est une marque déposée de la Légion royale canadienne (Direction nationale) et est utilisée avec sa permission. Cliquez ici pour en savoir plus sur le coquelicot.
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