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Dec 31, 1887
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Born at Newnham, Gloucestershire, England
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Jun 23, 1917
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Attested into the Signal Training Depot at
London Ontario
Ø Number 2265873
Ø Next of kin given as Mr Harry Home (father) of 30 Wantage Rd., Reading
England
Ø Present address given as c/o Wm Sulston, RR #2 Komoka, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Clerk
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Church of England
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Jul 14, 1917
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Will made out at the Signal Training Depot in
Ottawa leaving entire estate to Mrs Hetty A Home, (mother) of 30 Wantage Rd., Reading,
Berkshire, England
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Nov 24, 1917
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Embarked the SS Megantic at Halifax Nova
Scotia
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Dec 7, 1917
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Disembarked at Liverpool England
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Dec 8, 1917
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TOS (Taken On Strength) the CETD (Canadian
Engineers Training Depot) at Seaford
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Dec 19, 1917
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SOS (Struck Off Strength) the CETD on transfer
to the 7th Reserve Battalion
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Feb 15, 1918
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SOS 7th Reserve Battalion on
transfer to the 6th Reserve Battalion
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Apr 11, 1918
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SOS 6th Reserve Battalion on
posting to PPCLI (Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry) and embarked for
France
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Apr 12, 1918
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Arrived at 3rd CBD (Canadian Base
Depot) at Havre France and TOS the PPCLI
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Apr 14, 1918
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Left for CCRC (Canadian Corps Reinforcement
Camp)
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Apr 15, 1918
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Arrived at CCRC
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Jun 5, 1918
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SOS the PPCLI on posting to the 21st
Battalion
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Jun 6, 1918
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TOS 21st Battalion
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Jun 8, 1918
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Joined the 21st Battalion in the
field
The following is
from the 21st Battalion War Diary:
“A
draft of twenty Other Ranks arrived from the 3rd Divisional Wing, CCRC. These Other Ranks had been despatched from England
as reinforcements for Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.”
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Aug 6, 1918
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Killed in action
While his Platoon was passing by
an ammunition dump, an enemy shell landed and exploded the entire dump. He was killed instantly along with 18 others
Buried at the Longueau British Cemetery,
near Amiens France
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Sep 24, 1920
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Memorial Cross sent to his mother at 30
Wantage Rd., Reading, Berkshire, England
Death Plaque and Scroll sent to his father,
Harry Home of same address
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Jun 23, 1922
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British War Medal and Victory Medal sent to
Mrs Hetty A Home at 30 Wantage Rd., Reading, Berkshire, England
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2010
For the 7
nights leading up to November 11, 2010, the names of all Canadian soldiers were projected
onto the Belgian War Memorial in Ypres. At
the same time, the same names were being broadcast via the internet to schools across
Belgium and Canada. The image above shows
the opening ceremonies at the Belgian War Memorial on November 4, 2010.
Below on the
left is the name of Reginald Home being projected on that wall. Below right shows the name being broadcast to the
schools. Each name appeared for 25 seconds
and each night 9,700 names were shown.
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