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Military service
Service number:
L/21062
Age:
26
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
14th Canadian Hussars, R.C.A.C.
Division:
8th Recce. Regt.
Birth:
October 16, 1917
Holdfast, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
July 15, 1940
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
October 12, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. A. 8.
Additional information
Son of James and Agnes McWilliams, of Loreburn, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Digital gallery of Trooper Ray Eugene McWilliams
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Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Trooper Ray Eugene McWilliams
Digital gallery of
Trooper Ray Eugene McWilliams
Digital gallery of
Trooper Ray Eugene McWilliams
Digital gallery of
Trooper Ray Eugene McWilliams
Digital gallery of
Trooper Ray Eugene McWilliams
Digital gallery of
Trooper Ray Eugene McWilliams
Digital gallery of
Trooper Ray Eugene McWilliams
Digital gallery of
Trooper Ray Eugene McWilliams
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 392 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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