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Military service
Service number:
B/79124
Age:
23
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
May 21, 1921
Acton, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 25, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 16.
Additional information
Son of Phillip and Flora Reed of Toronto, Ontario.
Brother of Rifleman Douglas Reed, who died the same day while serving with the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Gordon Reed
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Photo of Gordon Reed
Corporal Reed enlisted in 1940 and joined The Queen's Own Rifles in 1941 in England. He served in Baker Company and was killed in the first assault wave at Bernieres-sur-mer. His brother, Rifleman Douglas Reed, was also killed that day with the Regiment. -
Gravemarker
Padre Cameron took this photo of Corporal Reed's gravemarker in June 1997 during a visit to Normandy. -
Obituary
This obituary of brothers George and Douglas Reed was published in a Toronto newspaper in June 1944. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Bruce MacFarlane -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Medals Card
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Circumstances of death
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Telegram
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Group Photo
Brothers Gordon (left) and Douglas. -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Group Photo
Gordon and wife-to-be Margaret. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Family Photo
Gordon, Flora, Douglas and Ross Reed. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star February 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Reed
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Reed
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Reed
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Reed
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Reed
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Reed
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Reed
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Reed
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Reed
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 424 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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