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Military service
Service number:
1024127
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
June 27, 1885
Death:
August 29, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late John and Mary Pinkney.
Digital gallery of Private Redgal Ernest Pinkney
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Newspaper Clipping
Pte. Redgal Ernest Pinkney was born in Yorkshire, England. He enlisted in the 234th "Peel" Battalion C.E. F. in June 1916. His brother, John Pinkney, of Brampton, Ontario, was named as his next-of-kin on his military attestation. In honoured memory. -
Inscription
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) -
Vimy Memorial
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) -
Newspaper clipping
Obituary of Pinkney in The Conservator, published at Brampton, September 13, 1917.
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Private Redgal Ernest Pinkney
Digital gallery of
Private Redgal Ernest Pinkney
Digital gallery of
Private Redgal Ernest Pinkney
Digital gallery of
Private Redgal Ernest Pinkney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 309 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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