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 1891 - 1916 (25 years)
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| Name |
Reginald DIMOND |
| Born |
7 Jun 1891 |
Bexley Heath, Kent, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
AAFF35044FB9854F958CC50249491097DF25 |
| Died |
8 Oct 1916 |
Somme, France [1] |
| Buried |
Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, Somme, France, II.G.22 |
| Person ID |
I822 |
Chamberlain Family |
| Last Modified |
1 Dec 2017 |
| Father |
Charles DIMOND, b. 24 Sep 1861, Holy Trinity, Newington, Surrey, England , d. 6 Jun 1939, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years) |
| Mother |
Hannah Louise BUCKLAND, b. Abt 1864, d. 17 Mar 1919, Bexleyheath, Kent, England (Age 55 years) |
| Married |
5 Nov 1884 |
St Mary's, Lewisham, Kent, |
| _UID |
BD28DC23A6C615449FFA0352590111B6B830 |
| Family ID |
F365 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S107] Debt of Honour Roll, Certificate of Service, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, (Name: http://www.cwgc.org.uk;).
Killed in action during World War 1
In memory of Private REGINALD DIMOND who died on October 8, 1916
Military Service:
Service Number: 452559
Age: 25
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division: 58th Bn.
Additional Information:
Date of Birth: June 7, 1891
Son of Charles and Louis Dimond, of Kent, England.
With the aid of Commonwealth War Graves Commission website the memorial to Reginald Dimond, the son of Charles and Louis Dimond of Bexley Heath, Kent, England, has now been located. He had enlisted in Canada with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regt.), 58th Bn. as a Private. His service number was 452559. He was killed on 8 October 1916 at the age of 25 and laid to rest in Adanac Military Cemetery in Miraumont, Somme, France in Grave/Memorial Reference: II. G. 22.
Miraumont is a village about 14.5 kilometres north-north-east of Albert and the Cemetery is some 3 kilometres south of the village on the east side of the road to Courcelette (D107). The cemetery is signposted in the centre of Miraumont. (Provided courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission. No copyright claimed here.)
The villages of Miraumont and Pys were occupied on 24-25 February 1917 following the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line. They were retaken by the Germans on 25 March 1918, but recovered the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division on the following 24 August. Adanac Military Cemetery (the name was formed by reversing the name "Canada") was made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields and small cemeteries surrounding Miraumont, and particularly from the Canadian battlefields round Courcelette. One grave (Plot IV, Row D, Grave 30) was left in its original position. There are now 3,186 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War in this cemetery. 1,708 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate 13 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. (Provided courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission. No copyright claimed here.)
Further information concerning the career and service of Reginald Dimond could be gained by requisitioning his service file from the Archives of Canada at Ottawa. Additional details concerning his mode of living can also be gained by a thorough review of the War Diaries available from the National Archives on its' website.
Also commemorated on Page 78 of the Canadian, First World War, Book of Remembrance.
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