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Military service
Age:
21
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
March 27, 1923
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 22, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 26, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. D. 3.
Additional information
Son of Reginald Thomas Barnes and Minnie Gardiner Barnes. Husband of June Frances Barnes (née Kingswood), of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Reginald Howard Barnes
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Photo of Reginald H. Barnes
Lieutenant Barnes came to the Queen's Own Rifles as a replacement officer just prior to the fight for Boulogne. He was KIA at Oostburg leading his platoon. -
News Clip
Copy of Lieutenant Barnes' obituary notice in a Toronto newspaper. -
Grave marker
This photo of Lieut Barnes' gravemarker at Adegem Cemetery was taken in June 2003. -
Entrance
Adegem Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Adegem Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice - Adegem Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Adegem Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Reginald Howard Barnes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Reginald Howard Barnes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Reginald Howard Barnes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Reginald Howard Barnes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Reginald Howard Barnes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Reginald Howard Barnes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Reginald Howard Barnes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Reginald Howard Barnes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Reginald Howard Barnes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 243 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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