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Military service
Service number:
A/86822
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Death:
August 28, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XX. E. 13.
Additional information
Son of William Edgar and Alberta Jane Reid, of London, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Robert Ayre Reid
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Photo of William Robert Ayre Reid
Killed in action on his 30th Birthday. -
Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. (J. Stephens) -
In memory of the people of London, Ontario who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Biography
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM ROBERT AYRE REID
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Robert Ayre Reid
Digital gallery of
Private William Robert Ayre Reid
Digital gallery of
Private William Robert Ayre Reid
Digital gallery of
Private William Robert Ayre Reid
Digital gallery of
Private William Robert Ayre Reid
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 425 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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