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Son of Frederick and Frances May Legon, of 182, Sophia St., Peterboro', Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Sidney Frederick Legon
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Frederick Legon
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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 Sidney Frederick Legon
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)
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Private Sidney Frederick Legon
Attestation Paper Source: Soldiers of the First World War-CEF. Library and Archives Canada.
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Frederick Legon
Attestation Paper Source: Soldiers of the First World War-CEF. Library and Archives Canada.
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Frederick Legon
Leading Aircraftman JOHN SYDNEY LEGON, the brother of Private SIDNEY FREDERICK LEGON is presumed to have died, along with his crewmates Corporal CECIL GEORGE HEENEY, Flight Sergeant ARTHUR CHAPMAN, Pilot Officer KENNETH GEORGE SCHAEFER, Pilot Officer ALBERT WILLIAM RUNTE, and Flying Officer JAMES WILLIAM PAUL SKIDMORE on December 29, 1941, the day their aircraft went missing in Newfoundland. They are commemorated on these panels of the Ottawa Memorial, which contain the names of 30 members of the RCAF who died on active service during 1941 and who like Private Legon who is commemorated at the Vimy Memorial, have no known grave. Leading Aircraftman JOHN SYDNEY LEGON was born a year or so after his brother Sydney was killed and was 23 years old when he was killed.
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Private Sidney Frederick Legon
Leading Aircraftman JOHN SYDNEY LEGON the brother of Private SIDNEY FREDERICK LEGON, Corporal CECIL GEORGE HEENEY, Flight Sergeant ARTHUR CHAPMAN, Pilot Officer KENNETH GEORGE SCHAEFER, Pilot Officer ALBERT WILLIAM RUNTE and Flying Officer JAMES WILLIAM PAUL SKIDMORE were reported as ¿Missing in Active Service¿ in Canada in the 151st Casualty List of the Royal Canadian Air Force published in the Globe & Mail on January 3, 1942, three days after their aircraft went missing.
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Frederick Legon
Leading Aircraftman JOHN SYDNEY LEGON the brother of Private SIDNEY FREDERICK LEGON, Flight Sergeant ARTHUR CHAPMAN, Pilot Officer KENNETH GEORGE SCHAEFER, Pilot Officer ALBERT WILLIAM RUNTE and Flying Officer JAMES WILLIAM PAUL SKIDMORE were listed as ¿previously reported missing in Newfoundland now presumed dead¿, in the 336th Casualty List of the Royal Canadian Air Force published in the Globe & Mail on August 7, 1942. The name of Corporal CECIL GEORGE HEENEY who died along with these men, is missing from this list. He was listed as ¿previously reported missing in Newfoundland now presumed dead¿, in the 324th Casualty List of the Royal Canadian Air Force published in the Globe & Mail on July 24th, 1942.
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Frederick Legon
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Frederick Legon
Dedicatory inscription at the Ottawa Memorial
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His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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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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)
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Attestation Paper Source: Soldiers of the First World War-CEF. Library and Archives Canada.
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Attestation Paper Source: Soldiers of the First World War-CEF. Library and Archives Canada.
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Leading Aircraftman JOHN SYDNEY LEGON, the brother of Private SIDNEY FREDERICK LEGON is presumed to have died, along with his crewmates Corporal CECIL GEORGE HEENEY, Flight Sergeant ARTHUR CHAPMAN, Pilot Officer KENNETH GEORGE SCHAEFER, Pilot Officer ALBERT WILLIAM RUNTE, and Flying Officer JAMES WILLIAM PAUL SKIDMORE on December 29, 1941, the day their aircraft went missing in Newfoundland. They are commemorated on these panels of the Ottawa Memorial, which contain the names of 30 members of the RCAF who died on active service during 1941 and who like Private Legon who is commemorated at the Vimy Memorial, have no known grave. Leading Aircraftman JOHN SYDNEY LEGON was born a year or so after his brother Sydney was killed and was 23 years old when he was killed.
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Leading Aircraftman JOHN SYDNEY LEGON the brother of Private SIDNEY FREDERICK LEGON, Corporal CECIL GEORGE HEENEY, Flight Sergeant ARTHUR CHAPMAN, Pilot Officer KENNETH GEORGE SCHAEFER, Pilot Officer ALBERT WILLIAM RUNTE and Flying Officer JAMES WILLIAM PAUL SKIDMORE were reported as ¿Missing in Active Service¿ in Canada in the 151st Casualty List of the Royal Canadian Air Force published in the Globe & Mail on January 3, 1942, three days after their aircraft went missing.
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Leading Aircraftman JOHN SYDNEY LEGON the brother of Private SIDNEY FREDERICK LEGON, Flight Sergeant ARTHUR CHAPMAN, Pilot Officer KENNETH GEORGE SCHAEFER, Pilot Officer ALBERT WILLIAM RUNTE and Flying Officer JAMES WILLIAM PAUL SKIDMORE were listed as ¿previously reported missing in Newfoundland now presumed dead¿, in the 336th Casualty List of the Royal Canadian Air Force published in the Globe & Mail on August 7, 1942. The name of Corporal CECIL GEORGE HEENEY who died along with these men, is missing from this list. He was listed as ¿previously reported missing in Newfoundland now presumed dead¿, in the 324th Casualty List of the Royal Canadian Air Force published in the Globe & Mail on July 24th, 1942.
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Dedicatory inscription at the Ottawa Memorial
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Page 274 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VIMY MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France
Canada's most impressive tribute overseas to those Canadians who fought and gave their lives in the First World War is the majestic and inspiring Vimy Memorial, which overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge, about eight kilometres northeast of Arras on the N17 towards Lens. The Memorial is signposted from this road to the left, just before you enter the village of Vimy from the south. The memorial itself is someway inside the memorial park, but again it is well signposted. At the base of the memorial, these words appear in French and in English:
Inscribed on the ramparts of the Vimy Memorial are the names of over 11,000 Canadian soldiers who were posted as 'missing, presumed dead' in France.
A plaque at the entrance to the memorial states that the land for the battlefield park, 91.18 hectares in extent, was 'the free gift in perpetuity of the French nation to the people of Canada'. Construction of the massive work began in 1925, and 11 years later, on July 26, 1936, the monument was unveiled by King Edward VIII.
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