Family Search: When Private Francis Nixon Reid was born on 27 August 1896, in London, Ontario, Canada, his father, Thomas Reid, was 24 and his mother, Annie Elizabeth Weir, was 28. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 19, his occupation is listed as clerk in London, Ontario, Canada. He was buried in Barlin, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France.
Born 1896 not 1894 as stated on attestation papers.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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