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Son of John J. Sifton, of Wallacetown, Ontario. In civilian life, Lance Sergeant Sifton had been a farmer.
An extract from The London Gazette, dated 8th June, 1917, records the following:
For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty. During the attack in enemy trenches Sjt. Sifton's company was held up by machine gun fire which inflicted many casualties. Having located the gun he charged it single-handed, killing all the crew. A small enemy party advanced down the trench, but he succeeded keeping these off till our men had gained the position. In carrying out this gallant act he was killed, but his conspicuous valour undoubtedly saved many lives and contributed largely to the success of the operation.
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Lance Sergeant Ellis Wellwood Sifton
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Lance Sergeant Ellis Wellwood Sifton
Extract from 18th Battalion War Diary for April 1917
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Lance Sergeant Ellis Wellwood Sifton
Two comrades of the late L/Sergt. E.W. Sifton, V.C., 18th Battalion, visit his grave. February, 1918. Library and Archives Canada/PA-002415.
This view shows two temporary crosses, with Sifton's grave being cared for by soldiers. Ellis W. Sifton, was acting as a Lance-Sergeant in the 18th Canadian Infantry Battalion on 9 April, 1917, on the first day of Vimy Ridge operations. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for single-handedly overwhelming a German Machine-Gun position that was holding up his company. He was killed moments later.
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Personal Information Sheet
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Casualty Form - Active Service
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Casualty Form - Active Service
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Clipping from the Dutton Advance for Thursday, 17 May 1917, page 1.
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From the Dutton Advance for May 20, 1915.
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The Victoria Cross was presented to Lance Sergeant Ellis Wellwood Sifton's father by the Governor General of Canada at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto.
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Ellis Wellwood Sifton V.C. final resting place at Lichfield Crater Cemetery France
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Lance Corporal Ellis Wellwood Sifton
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Barrie Military Park, Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients, Cenotaph
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memorial wall
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CWGC memorial explanatory panel
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From the London Free Press January 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Memorial plaque in front of the United Kingdom High Commission in Ottawa to commemorate Canadians who have been awarded the Victoria Cross.
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Extract from 18th Battalion War Diary for April 1917
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Two comrades of the late L/Sergt. E.W. Sifton, V.C., 18th Battalion, visit his grave. February, 1918. Library and Archives Canada/PA-002415. This view shows two temporary crosses, with Sifton's grave being cared for by soldiers. Ellis W. Sifton, was acting as a Lance-Sergeant in the 18th Canadian Infantry Battalion on 9 April, 1917, on the first day of Vimy Ridge operations. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for single-handedly overwhelming a German Machine-Gun position that was holding up his company. He was killed moments later.
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Personal Information Sheet
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Casualty Form - Active Service
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Casualty Form - Active Service
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Clipping from the Dutton Advance for Thursday, 17 May 1917, page 1.
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From the Dutton Advance for May 20, 1915.
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The Victoria Cross was presented to Lance Sergeant Ellis Wellwood Sifton's father by the Governor General of Canada at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto.
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Ellis Wellwood Sifton V.C. final resting place at Lichfield Crater Cemetery France
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Lance Corporal Ellis Wellwood Sifton
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Barrie Military Park, Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients, Cenotaph
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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memorial wall
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CWGC memorial explanatory panel
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memorial panel
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the London Free Press January 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Memorial plaque in front of the United Kingdom High Commission in Ottawa to commemorate Canadians who have been awarded the Victoria Cross.
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Page 325 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LICHFIELD CRATER THELUS Pas de Calais, France
Lichfield Crater is a small cemetery situated by the hedge of the motorway A26 (Paris-Calais) behind the village of Neuville St Vaast. On entering Neuville St Vaast follow the directions for the Vimy Canadian Memorial and take the third road on the right toward the wood, go over the motorway and take the first right towards the fields. The cemetery lies in a field approximately 450 metres from the crossroads.
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