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Military service
Service number:
425313
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.)
Birth:
March 10, 1887
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John Sibson, of Wigston Magna, Leicestershire, England.
Digital gallery of Private Douglas Sibson
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Memorial
This is Wigston Magna War Memorial, Leicestershire. Douglas H Sibson's name is commemorated on the left hand panel, 21 names down from the top. He was born in a public house "The Craddock Arms", Knighton near Leicester where his father, John, was the licensee; his mother was Elizabeth Sibson. He emigrated to Canada around 1907 to join his older brother Leonard and worked as a farmer. He enlisted on 8th January 1915 at Melville, Saskatchewan. -
Church
This is All Saints Church at Wigston Magna, Leicestershire where the War Memorial is situated. -
Circumstances of death registers
Private Douglas Sibson -
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)
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Sibson
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Sibson
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Sibson
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Sibson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 162 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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