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Military service
Service number:
219254
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Bn.
Birth:
December 30, 1895
Yorkshire, England
Enlistment:
September 6, 1915
Cobourg, Ontario
Death:
May 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mary Ellen Proctor, of Oshawa, Ontario, and the late Sergeant William Henry Proctor, Canadian Labour Corps, killed in action 14 May 1917.
Digital gallery of Private Sidney Henry Proctor
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War Memorial
139th Battalion (Northumberland County) War Memorial plaque, 1919. 130 names of men who originally enlisted with this Ontario unit. On display at the Victoria Hall, 55 King Street West, Cobourg, Ontario. Also shown - Cobourg (Ontario) War Memorial at Victoria Park. -
Inscription
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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Henry Proctor
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Henry Proctor
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Henry Proctor
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Henry Proctor
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Henry Proctor
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Henry Proctor
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 312 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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