Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Sydney Haystaff
In memory of:
Private Sydney Haystaff
November 5, 1918
Marchipont, France
Military Service
189993
35
Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
87th Bn.
Additional Information
January 27, 1883
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
December 15, 1917
Hamilton, Ontario
Son of Henry Haystaff and Clara Clark, of Tring, Hertfordshire, England. He stated being born in 1885 when he enlisted. He first volunteered in 1916, but was released after three months of service due to varicose veins on the legs. Reenlisted at the end of 1917, he arrived in France eight months later. On 6 September 1918, he was part of a group Anglophones soldiers transferred by error to the 22nd Battalion, and was he was retransferred soon after to the 87th Battalion, an Anglophone unit.
Commemorated on Page 426 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
VALENCIENNES (ST. ROCH) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord, France
III. A. 24.
VALENCIENNES (ST.ROCH) COMMUNAL CEMETERY is situated on the north-east side of the town, about 1.5 kilometres from the centre. It is on the north side of the road to Bruay-sur-L'Escaut.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Valenciennes (St. Roch) Community Cemetery
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