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Military service
Service number:
55590
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
November 1, 1892
Ridgetown, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 12, 1914
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Death:
July 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Enclosure No.4 I. R. 5.
Additional information
Son of Robert Clingersmith of Ridgetown, Ontario. Cousin of Elsie Clingersmith of Blenheim, Ontario, William who also served in the First World War and Pte Leonard Clingersmith, who served also with the 19th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) and lost his life on August 15, 1917 and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial. He was single and a clerk. Pte Clingersmith is also commemorated on the Ridgetown Cenotaph.
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Grave marker
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Entrance
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Cemetery
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Both Roy and his brother Leonard Clingersmith appear on the Ridgetown Cenotaph as Clinkersmith.
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Private Roy Clingersmith
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Private Roy Clingersmith
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Private Roy Clingersmith
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Private Roy Clingersmith
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Clingersmith
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Clingersmith
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Clingersmith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 68 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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