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Military service
Service number:
602633
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Birth:
February 25, 1897
London, England
Enlistment:
July 2, 1915
Stratford, Ontario
Death:
October 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William Alexander Clegg and Louisa Shelley Clegg of Hamilton, Ontario. On his attestation paper, he listed himself as single and was a cabinet maker. Brother of William George, Louis Edmond, Elsie Henderson, Albert Henry, Alice Maude, Mabel, Eva Wilson and Madge Powell. Louis Edmond and Albert Henry also served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Sydney Arthur Clegg
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Memorial Scroll
In remembrance of Pte. Sydney Arthur Clegg -
Photo of Sydney Clegg
Sydney Clegg (photo was carried in a locket by his sister Eva Clegg Wilson) -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 47 of 1384. -
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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Private Sydney Arthur Clegg
Digital gallery of
Private Sydney Arthur Clegg
Digital gallery of
Private Sydney Arthur Clegg
Digital gallery of
Private Sydney Arthur Clegg
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 68 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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