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26/03/2020 Lance Corporal Victor Reid is commemorated locally on Clogher War Memorial.
26/03/2020 Lance Corporal Victor Reid is buried in Syracuse War Cemetery in Sicily, Italy
26/03/2020 Following a short rest, the 2nd Inniskillings pressed forward to Sferro.
26/03/2020 Lance Corporal Victor Reid was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he died on 20th July 1943.
26/03/2020 On 19th July 1943 the 2nd Inniskillings, as part of 13 Brigade, advanced to the River Simeto to seize the enemy held bridge LEMON. This resulted in a significant breach of the German defensive line. Lemon bridge was a small concrete slabbed bridge to the west of the Primosole bridge.
26/03/2020 8th Army’s advance met little opposition for the first three days but then the leading troops met stout opposition along the Simeto River at the Primosole bridge.
26/03/2020 Landing from the sea at Sicily, the 5th division included 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who were serving in 13 Brigade. However, because 13 Brigade was the reserve formation of the Division and it not take part in the initial landings, the Inniskillings had to wait some hours before coming ashore.
26/03/2020 Lance Corporal Victor Reid served with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on World War Two.
26/03/2020 Victor Reid was born and lived in County Tyrone
15/03/2020
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