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Military service
Service number:
27052
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Battalion
Birth:
December 15, 1894
Dayton, Ohio
Death:
April 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of Joseph Pacy and Margaret Robinson McDonald Cleal, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private George Hugh Cleal
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Attestation Papers
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 1 of 1384. -
Photo of George Hugh Cleal
George Hugh Cleal 15th Bat. Killed in Action, 2nd Battle of Ypres. -
Biography
George Hugh Cleal's biography from the University Schools 1916 edition of the Annals. -
University School Tribute
Cover and tribute from the 1916 edition of the University Schools' "The Annals". This edition included George H. Cleal's photo and biography on their roll of honour. -
Newspaper clipping
Press clipping - newspaper unknown. This and another newspaper clipping were found inside a University of Toronto (Schools) newsletter from 1916. They were marking the page where Cleal was profiled as one of the students from the school who had died in the war at the time of publication. -
Second press clipping
Second press clipping from a Toronto area newspaper (unidentified). -
Commemorative Plaque
1914-18 Memorial Plaque, The University Schools, University of Toronto, 371 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario. Erected by the U.T.S. Hockey Club, 1919-20. -
Newspaper Clipping
Pte. George Hugh Cleal is mentioned in this article. His brother Pte. Donald M. Cleal enlisted in Toronto in the 92nd Battalion in August 1915. Another brother, Paul Ethelbert Cleal, enlisted in the 134th Battalion C.E.F. (48th Highlanders) in January 1916. In honoured memory of the Cleal family. -
Cap Badge
15th Bn cap badge. Submitted by Capt (Ret`d) S. W. Gilbert, 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Patch
1ST Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt (Ret`d) S. W. Gilbert, 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Inscription on Menin Gate Memorial
Menin Gate panel where Private george Cleal is commemorated. Photo by BGen Young (ret) and submitted by Capt (ret) V Goldman of the 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
One of two memorial plaques dedicated on 24 April 2010 to commemorate those members of the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada) who fell during the 2nd Battle of Ypres 22-26 April 1915. This memorial is located in the town of St. Julien. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
One of two memorial plaques dedicated on 24 April 2010 to commemorate those members of the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada) who fell during the 2nd Battle of Ypres 22-26 April 1915. This memorial is located on Gravenstafel Ridge. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Roll of honour
Roll of Honour of Rosedale Public School, Toronto, Ontario. Pte George Cleal attended this Public School prior to attending University of Toronto School and his name appears on the Roll. Photograph submitted by Bgen G Young, 15th Battalion Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath -
Roll of honour
Roll of Honour of Rosedale Public School, Toronto, Ontario. Pte George Cleal attended this Public School prior to attending University of Toronto School and his name appears on the Roll. Photograph submitted by Bgen G Young, 15th Battalion Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath -
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of GEORGE HUGH CLEAL
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private George Hugh Cleal
Digital gallery of
Private George Hugh Cleal
Digital gallery of
Private George Hugh Cleal
Digital gallery of
Private George Hugh Cleal
Digital gallery of
Private George Hugh Cleal
Digital gallery of
Private George Hugh Cleal
Digital gallery of
Private George Hugh Cleal
Digital gallery of
Private George Hugh Cleal
Digital gallery of
Private George Hugh Cleal
MENIN GATE (YPRES) MEMORIAL Belgium
The Menin Gate Memorial is situated at the eastern side of the town of Ypres (now Ieper) in the Province of West Flanders, on the road to Menin and Courtrai. It bears the names of 55,000 men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War. Designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and erected by the Imperial (now Commonwealth) War Graves Commission, it consists of a Hall of Memory", 36.6 metres long by 20.1 metres wide. In the centre are broad staircases leading to the ramparts which overlook the moat, and to pillared loggias which run the whole length of the structure. On the inner walls of the Hall, on the side of the staircases and on the walls of the loggias, panels of Portland stone bear the names of the dead, inscribed by regiment and corps. Carved in stone above the central arch are the words:
TO THE ARMIES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE WHO STOOD HERE FROM 1914 TO 1918 AND TO THOSE OF THEIR DEAD WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE.
Over the two staircases leading from the main Hall is the inscription:
HERE ARE RECORDED NAMES OF OFFICERS AND MEN WHO FELL IN YPRES SALIENT BUT TO WHOM THE FORTUNE OF WAR DENIED THE KNOWN AND HONOURED BURIAL GIVEN TO THEIR COMRADES IN DEATH.
The dead are remembered to this day in a simple ceremony that takes place every evening at 8:00 p.m. All traffic through the gateway in either direction is halted, and two buglers (on special occasions four) move to the centre of the Hall and sound the Last Post. Two silver trumpets for use in the ceremony are a gift to the Ypres Last Post Committee by an officer of the Royal Canadian Artillery, who served with the 10th Battery, of St. Catharines, Ontario, in Ypres in April 1915."
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