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Sidney Wellington Gilroy

In memory of:

Major Sidney Wellington Gilroy

October 8, 1916

Military Service


Age:

42

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

13th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

September 3, 1874
Smiths Falls, Ontario

Enlistment:

October 22, 1915
Bamfield, England

Son of James and Adeline Caswell Gilroy, of Smiths Falls, Ontario. Husband of Nellie Bell Gilroy, of Smith's Falls, Ontario. He was the Postmaster.

Commemorated on Page 92 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

I. H. 29.

Location:

Miraumont is a village about 14.5 kilometres north-north-east of Albert and the Cemetery is some 3 kilometres south of the village on the east side of the road to Courcelette (D107). The ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY is signposted in the centre of Miraumont.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Sidney Wellington Gilroy– From "Our Heroes in The Great World War", compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa, Ontario, 1919.
  • Photo 2 of Sidney Wellington Gilroy– Photo courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate.
  • Biography - page 1– Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate.
  • Biography - page 2– Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate.
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of
Wilf Schofield, England

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