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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
407019
Age:
26
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
October 28, 1890
Collingwood, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 25, 1915
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
May 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of James and Adeline Ironside, of Collingwood, Ontario.
Additional citations
Military Medal, London Gazette No. 29719 dated 23 Aug 1916 and Bar, London Gazette No. 29873 dated 19 Dec 1916,
Croix du Guerre London Gazette No. 30184 14 July 1917, 2nd Bar to Military Medal, London Gazette No. 30172 dated 9 July 1917.
Digital gallery of Company Sergeant Major John Bercy Ironside
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Photo of John Bercy Ironside
Photo of John Bercy Ironside, date unknown. -
Diary, watch and kit.
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Medals (front)
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Medals (Back)
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Newspaper Clipping
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Inscription
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) -
Vimy Memorial
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) -
Memorial
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John Bercy Ironside
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John Bercy Ironside
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John Bercy Ironside
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John Bercy Ironside
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John Bercy Ironside
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John Bercy Ironside
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John Bercy Ironside
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 261 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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