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Military service
Service number:
111434
Age:
36
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Birth:
November 21, 1879
Death:
October 1, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Jane Rees, of Llanbradach, South Wales; husband of Sophie Rees (nee Escott), of Wembley, Alberta.
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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) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022
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Corporal William Rees
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Rees
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Rees
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Rees
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 152 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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