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Military service
Service number:
213317
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
August 27, 1897
Ridgetown, Ontario
Enlistment:
December 15, 1915
Windsor, Ontario
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
He was the brother of Elsie Clingersmith of Blenheim, Ontario, William Clingersmith, who served in the First World War and Pte Roy Clingersmith, 19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, (Central Ontario Regiment) deceased on 2 July 1916 buried at Bedford House Cemetery. H was single and his occupation was labourer. He is also commemorated on the Ridgetown Cenotaph.
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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From the London Free Press August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Clingersmith
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Clingersmith
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Clingersmith
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Clingersmith
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Clingersmith
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Clingersmith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 217 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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