Reginald Frederick Fry

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

452429

Unit at enlistment:

58th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Wounded:

Yes

Date of death:

October 5th, 1916

Cemetery:

2nd Canadian Cemetery - Somme, France - B.8.

Commemorated at:

Holy Trinity Anglican Church

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Gloucestershire

Birth city:

Wotton-under-Edge

Address at enlistment:

81 Erie Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

81 Erie Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Farmer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Trenches near Courcelette.

BX October 26, 1916

Private Reginald Fry Killed in Action – Formerly Worked on Farm near Langford - Wife in England

That Private Reginald Frederick Fry has been killed in action was the substance of a cablegram received in the city today. Private Fry formerly worked on A.G. Ludlow's farm at Langford and enlisted with the 58th Battalion. Shortly after he enlisted he was married to Miss Nellie Jenkins, of this city. His wife returned to England and is still there. All who knew Private Fry say that he was a splendid type of young man. Mrs. Fletcher, of 81 Erie Avenue, is a sister of Mrs. Fry.

BX April 22, 1916

This morning Mrs. R.F. Fry, Erie Avenue, received an official telegram from the adjutant general at Ottawa, stating that it was officially reported that her husband Pte. Reginald Frederick Fry, a member of the Second Battalion had been admitted to the County of London War Hospital, Epsom, suffering from a gunshot wound in the forearm.

Private Reginald Frederick Fry was working in Langford at the time that war broke out, and came to this city, to enlist in the 58th Battalion. He went to Niagara with Col. Genet’s force, and while there was drafted to the old land, where he was further drafted for the Second Battalion, with which he was fighting when he received his wound.