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Military service
Service number:
157507
Age:
38
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
July 4, 1878
London, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
September 17, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 1, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Henry Hibon Reynolds and Sarah Reynolds. Served in the South African Campaign.
Digital gallery of Sergeant William James Reynolds
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Newspaper Clipping
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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
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of WILLIAM JAMES REYNOLDS
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll -
Circumstances of death registers
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William James Reynolds
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William James Reynolds
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William James Reynolds
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William James Reynolds
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William James Reynolds
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William James Reynolds
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William James Reynolds
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William James Reynolds
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William James Reynolds
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 153 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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