52 Silver Street
Private Reginald Alfred Robbins
Reginald was born in 1914 and raised in Brantford. He was the son of William and Josephine Robbins. He attended Brantford Collegiate Institute. However, he married Jeanne Hynds of Paris, and when he enlisted with the Queen’s Own Rifles on September 13 1943, they were living at 52 Silver Street in Paris (no longer there).
He went overseas to join the North Nova Scotian Highlanders, going to France July 28 1944. He was wounded in September, recovered, and returned to battle early in 1944. He was killed in action at Uden, Germany on February 22, 1945. He is buried in Bedburg, Germany. He left behind his wife Jeanne and a son, Reginald Wayne, who he never got to see.
(This information was from the Canadian Virtual War Memorial created by veterans Affairs Canada)