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Military service
Service number:
504825
Age:
22
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
12th Field Coy.
Death:
March 1, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of George and Kate Reece, of 189, 28th Avenue East, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Sapper William Benjamin Reece
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Photo of William Reece
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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
From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Benjamin Reece
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Benjamin Reece
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Benjamin Reece
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Benjamin Reece
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Benjamin Reece
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 314 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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