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Military service
Service number:
79375
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
July 19, 1890
Enlistment:
Lethbridge, Alberta
Death:
June 7, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Edwin and Selina Coad, of 3, Wellington Terrace, Truro, England.
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Reginald George Coad
On November 18, 1914, Reginald Coad enlisted with the 31st Battalion CEF. He was among the first young Canadians to volunteer for service in the Great War. Pte Coad arrived in England in the spring of 1915 and then embarked for France on June 9, 1915. He would serve with the 31st Battalion for nearly one year, seeing action throughout Belgium and France On June 7, 1916 he was killed in action during operations in Ypres. As his remains were never recovered or identified, he is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial. Reginald Coad was awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. His mother, Selina received the Memorial Cross and death plaque in honour of her son.
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Private Reginald George Coad
Digital gallery of
Private Reginald George Coad
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 68 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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