Lieutenant George Reid
Individual attestation record images are not available for this person.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1885-01-01
Place of birth:
Marital status: married
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Givenchy-En-Gohelle Communal Cemetery, Sp. Mem. A. 5.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
(72nd Battalion)
Rank detail
Lieutenant, 72nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: During the attack on enemy positions at VIMY RIDGE, he was severely wounded, and died shortly afterwards, before he could be taken to the Regimental Aid Post.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 561778
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Robert Arkley Reid and Elizabeth Reid, of Greenock, Scotland; husband of Dorothea Reid, of 19, Nelson Rd., Southsea, England.
Born in about 1885 since he died at age 32. There is an LAC index entry for a LT George Reid but it does not include any images so one cannot tell if the file is for this officer.
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 72nd Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-09-01