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Private John Gordon Reekie

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Military service

Service number: 24408
Age: 21
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 13th Bn.
Birth: January 25, 1894
Death: March 5, 1915

Burial/memorial information

SAILLY-SUR-LA-LYS CHURCHYARD
Grave reference: D. 6.
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Son of Alexander and Euphemia Reekie, of High St., Strathmere, Fife, Scotland.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 33 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SAILLY-SUR-LA-LYS CHURCHYARD Pas de Calais, France

Sailly-Sur-La-Lys is a village on the main road between Merville and Armentieres, 5 kilometres south-west of Armentieres. The church is 100 metres from the centre of this small town. Parking is available at the front of the church and the Commonwealth War Graves can be found in the far right hand corner of the Communal Cemetery.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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