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In memory of:

Private Walter Hugh Reckitt

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Military service

Service number: 129962
Age: 35
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division: 72nd Bn.
Birth: January 9, 1881 Newark-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Enlistment: October 7, 1915 British Columbia
Death: October 24, 1916 Contay, France

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: III. D. 4.
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Son of Dr. Walter Francis and Rosina Reckitt, of Wainfleet, Lincs., England; husband of Rebecca Reckitt, of "Ingledene," 80, Pulteney Rd., South Woodford, Essex, England.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 152 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France

Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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