Pte Wilford Rea 58 Canadian Inf d.8/4/17

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As per CWGC

Name: REA, WILFORD

Initials: W

Nationality: Canadian

Rank: Private

Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Unit Text: 58th Bn.

Age: 22

Date of Death: 08/04/1917

Service No: 427039

Additional information: Son of Robert and Adelaide Rea.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Cemetery: VIMY MEMORIAL

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& the memorial info

Cemetery: VIMY MEMORIAL

Country: France

Locality: Pas de Calais

Location Information: The Vimy Memorial overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge, about eight kilometres northeast of Arras on the N17 towards Lens. The memorial is signposted from this road to the left, just before you enter the village of Vimy from the south. The memorial itself is someway inside the memorial park, but again it is well signposted.

Historical Information: On the opening day of the Battle of Arras, 9 April 1917, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps, fighting side by side for the first time, scored a huge tactical victory in the capture of the 60 metre high Vimy Ridge. After the war, the highest point of the ridge was chosen as the site of the great memorial to all Canadians who served their country in battle during the First World War, and particularly to the 60,000 who gave their lives in France. It also bears the names of 11,000 Canadian servicemen who died in France - many of them in the fight for Vimy Ridge - who have no known grave. The memorial was designed by W S Allward.

No. of Identified Casualties: 11167

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Wilford Rea's Attestation Form

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& the back