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Sydney George Hill

In memory of:

Private Sydney George Hill

September 28, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

2304361

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

58th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

November 24, 1894

Son of Sydney James and Ellen Louisa Hill, of 21, Crofton Rd., Camberwell, London, England.

Commemorated on Page 429 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CREST CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

B. 3.

Location:

Fontaine-Notre Dame is a large village in the Department of the Nord approximately 3 kilometres south-west of Cambrai on the main road from Cambrai to Bapaume (N30). The CREST CEMETERY is signposted from the N30 in the village and is located on the right hand side of the road towards Raillencourt.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– Bracebridge Gazette 14-Nov-1918 Pittsburgh's Prof. John A. Brashear, self-taught astronomer, telescope inventor and philanthropist, hosted Sydney G. Hill at his summer residence on Lake Muskoka's Urania Island. Brashear's favourite quote: "I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night."

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    Newspaper clipping – Bracebridge Gazette 14-Nov-1918 Pittsburgh's Prof. John A. Brashear, self-taught astronomer, telescope inventor and philanthropist, hosted Sydney G. Hill at his summer residence on Lake Muskoka's Urania Island. Brashear's favourite quote: "I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night."
  • Grave marker– Astronomy clubs in a perimeter around Crest Cemetery were contacted with the story of this young soldier to see if they might set up a telescope over Syd's grave during the rare transit of Mercury on 11 Nov 2019. A Belgian group responded - they operate a private observatory in the Ypres salient and maintain a WW1 replica Mark IV tank for re-enactments / education.

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – Astronomy clubs in a perimeter around Crest Cemetery were contacted with the story of this young soldier to see if they might set up a telescope over Syd's grave during the rare transit of Mercury on 11 Nov 2019. A Belgian group responded - they operate a private observatory in the Ypres salient and maintain a WW1 replica Mark IV tank for re-enactments / education.
  • Cemetery– Crest Cemetery, Nov 2019

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    Cemetery
    Cemetery – Crest Cemetery, Nov 2019
  • Grave marker– Sydney G. Hill grave at Crest Cemetery, Fontaine-Notre-Dame, France, Nov 2019

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – Sydney G. Hill grave at Crest Cemetery, Fontaine-Notre-Dame, France, Nov 2019

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