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Tpr. William A. Reid
Army Nottinghamshire Yeomanry
from:Dublin, Ireland.
(d.10th Sep 1944)
My Grandfather was a member of the Nottinghampshire Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry. His name was Trooper William Reid, born in Dublin, Ireland in Feb 1923, he joined the regiment in late 1943 and fought from Normandy, through France, to Gheel in Northern Belguim where he was killed in action, aged 21, during the heavy fighting there to secure a bridgehead over the Albert Canal, on sept 10 1944, he is buried in Stelen churchyard 2km from Gheel. He was buried by the regiment's Padre, Leslie Skinner along with 9 others in Stelen Churchyard near Geel. Members of the Durham Light Infantry who were supporting during the battle are also buried there. He was married to Cathrine and they had one daughter Bernadette