Read, George Edward: Service no. 53963

Digitized Service Record

Source: Lorenzoe Kress “Memory”.

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Family Search: When Private George Edward Reid was born on 15 September 1890, in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Read, was 35 and his mother, Eliza Elizabeth Gray, was 25. He had at least 1 son with Fanny Dimmock. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Belgrave, Huron, Ontario, Canada in 1914. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 24, his occupation is listed as farm labourer in Belgrave, Huron, Ontario, Canada. He died on 2 February 1966, in Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Note that the LAC has the regimental number as “33963”.

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