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Military service
Service number:
474
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Birth:
October 5, 1894
Death:
November 10, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Harriett Downer, of Napanee, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Reginald Alfred Minchinton
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Inscription
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War Diary
Entry for April 13, 1917: 8th Battalion inspected tunnels after Vimy Ridge battle. Pte. Minchinton's older brother, Lieut. Gordon Minchinton, was killed during the attack on April 9th. -
Roll of Honour
Canadian National Railways - World War One Roll of Honour. Pte. Reginald Alfred Minchinton enlisted in September 1914 with the first Canadian Contingent at Valcartier, Quebec. He described his occupation on his military attestation form as a Stenographer. Minchinton was born in Napanee, Ontario. In honoured memory. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Reginald Alfred Minchinton
Digital gallery of
Private Reginald Alfred Minchinton
Digital gallery of
Private Reginald Alfred Minchinton
Digital gallery of
Private Reginald Alfred Minchinton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 294 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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