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    Gerald Ellis Reynolds RAF Lt. P.P.C.L.I.


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    Hello All, The about man was from Rutherford, NJ, USA and enlisted in the Canada Flying Corps during WWI. He transferred to the RAF and is listed in the British Book of Remembrance for WWI. Can anyone provide any additional info about him? What does P.P.C.L.I. stand for? Thanks.

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    15 minutes ago, Paul C said:

    Hello All, The about man was from Rutherford, NJ, USA and enlisted in the Canada Flying Corps during WWI. He transferred to the RAF and is listed in the British Book of Remembrance for WWI. Can anyone provide any additional info about him? What does P.P.C.L.I. stand for? Thanks.

     

    P.P.C.L.I. stands for "PRINCES PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY"

    Mike

    Here are his enlistment documents......

    http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=598772

    Mike

     

     

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    Original overseas unit 5th University Company. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field June 9, 1916. Wounded September 15, 1916. Struck off strength September 23, 1916. Subsequently became a Lieutenant with the Royal Air Force. 

    http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/searches/soldierDetail.asp?ID=79426

     

    And you've probably go this by now, from C.  War Graves.

    Lieutenant

    Date of Death: 27/06/1918
    Age: 23
    Regiment/Service: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 
    and 102nd Sqdn. Royal Air Force
    Cemetery: PONT-REMY BRITISH CEMETERY
     
    Additional Information:
    Son of Charles S. and J. Ernestine Reynolds, of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Previously wounded Sept., 1916.
     
    So, born in Montreal, parents reident there, presumably working ? - 'Insurance' in NJ, then at school in Victoria - with the 5th University Comopany, which was one of the training companies at Cdn universities.  He might be in the University of British Columbia Roll of Honour.  Try this link: https://www.ubc.ca/ubc-remembers/student-soldiers-remembered.html
     
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