We remember Hugh Arthur Rees

We remember Hugh Arthur Rees

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Timeline

Timeline

1881
sibling Catherine Anne Rees Source:9643489 1881
1882
sibling Alan Rees Source:9643489 1882
1887
sibling Winifred Agnes Rees Source:9643489 1887
1889
sibling Dorothy Alice Rees Source:9643489 1889
1892
sibling Lewis Austen Rees Source:9643489 1892
1892
birth Weymouth, Dorset United Kingdom Source:8972394 16th December 1892
awards Military Medal (MM) British Award/Decoration Source:7344206
service Canadian Expeditionary Force Corporal 77840 Canadian Infantry Source:8972395
service Canadian Expeditionary Force Corporal 77840 Infantry Battalion Canadian Force Source:8972395
location 116, Victoria St., Westminster, London. United Kingdom parents address Source:7344206
1916
death Died of wounds Reading, Berkshire United Kingdom Source:7344206 Source:8972394 12th August 1916
burial Reading Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Berkshire United Kingdom Screen Wall. 72. 16637. Source:7344206

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Hugh Arthur
Initials HA
Last Name Rees,
Source 5085057
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
116, Victoria St., Westminster, London. United Kingdom parents address
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
Canadian Expeditionary Force 77840 Canadian Infantry Corporal
Canadian Expeditionary Force 77840 Infantry Battalion Canadian Force Corporal
Awards
AwardTypeSource
MM British Award/Decoration
Military Medal (MM) British Award/Decoration
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Mercy Nixon mother
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Lewis Austen Rees brother 1892
Catherine Anne Rees sister 1881
Alan Rees brother 1882
Dorothy Alice Rees sister 1889
Winifred Agnes Rees sister 1887
Physical
ComplexionEyesHairSource
Brown Brown
DateHeightSource
1913 5'9"

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

TitleConnected byMore information
Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
Canadian Expeditonary Force attestations 1914-1918 Transcription Selena49658
Canada- History of the 16th Battalion CEF, 1914-1919 Image Selena49658

External Evidence

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Brave Battalion: The Remarkable Saga of the 16th Battalion in the First World War Lisa158986
Canadian Virtual War Memorial Lisa158986
University of Washington World War I Honor Roll Memorial Lisa158986
Supplement to the London Gazette, 23 Aug 1916, 8365 Lisa158986
Reading Cemetery and Crematorium Lisa158986
Hurstpierpoint College War Memorial Lisa158986
Cenotaph Memorial, Duncan, Canada Lisa158986
The Daily Colonist, Victoria, B.C. Wednesday, July 12, 1916, pg 5. Lisa158986
Cowichan Leader Lisa158986
Cowichan Leader Lisa158986
The Hurst Johnian, October 1916 Lisa158986
The History of the 16th Battalion (the Canadian Scottish) Lisa158986

Multimedia

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Screen wall in Reading Cemetery, Berkshire. DR117137
University of Washington WWI Honor Roll Tablet Lisa158986
16th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Forces Lisa158986
Military Medal Lisa158986
Our Gold Stars Lisa158986
Graves in England Lisa158986
Cpl. Arthur Rees Lisa158986
Hugh Arthur Rees Lisa158986
Pvt Arthur Rees Lisa158986
Rees, HA baptism Lisa158986
Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960 Lisa158986
Empress of Britain, outgoing, 1912 Lisa158986
Empress of Britain, passenger manifest, 1912. Lisa158986
1901 England Census Lisa158986
1911 England Census Lisa158986
Rees Alien Registration, 1913. Lisa158986

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