Military service
Service number:
126776
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Birth:
September 27, 1894
Paris, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 25, 1915
Elora, Ontario
Death:
August 8, 1918
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of George and Jennie Clegg, of Paris, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Lewis Clegg
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Memorabilia
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Memorial
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Paris War Memorial
Paris Ontario War Memorial. An unveiling and dedication ceremony was conducted at the memorial on November 11th, 1930. The memorial was unveiled by Mrs. R. Baldwin, mother of Nursing Sister Dorothy Baldwin. A dedicatory address was made by Lt.-Col. the Ven. Archdeacon F. G. Scott, D.S.O. (Canon Scott). Bands of the 10th Brant Dragoons and the 1st Dufferin Rifles assisted in the service. The memorial was designed and built by the Hunter Granite Works, Simcoe, Ontario. It is inscribed: 1914 - 1918 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF PARIS WHO FELL AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR. -
Roll of Honour
This Roll of Honour appeared in the pamphlet distributed at the Paris Ontario War Memorial's unveiling and dedication ceremony on November 11th, 1930. -
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 39 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)
Digital gallery of
Private Lewis Clegg
Digital gallery of
Private Lewis Clegg
Digital gallery of
Private Lewis Clegg
Digital gallery of
Private Lewis Clegg
Digital gallery of
Private Lewis Clegg
Digital gallery of
Private Lewis Clegg
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 386 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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