This street is named in memory of Private William Sydney Faircloth.
William Sydney Faircloth was born on 22 May 1921 in Palmerston ON, about 100 km north-east of London and enlisted in the Kent Regiment in February 1941. During the following 2 years, he was sent on various training courses in western Canada and was attached to the 21st Provost Company in Victoria as well as the Canadian Small Arms Training Centre. In March 1943, he returned to the Kent Regiment but shortly afterwards, was transferred to the 1st District Depot in London ON and embarked for England in May 1943. Soon after his arrival in the UK, Faircloth was transferred to the Perth Regiment and in October 1943 embarked for Italy with his unit. By 12 January 1944, the Perth Regiment, as part of the 11th Brigade, was passing through the rubble-filled streets of Ortona to establish positions just west of the village of Torre Mucchia. In order to pin down the German forces in the area and stop them from being moved to reinforce the Cassino- Anzio area, the Canadians were ordered to attack north to capture the high ground near the Arielli River. Following an extensive artillery fire plan on the 16th of January, the Perth Regiment began their attack in the early hours of 17 January. It is during this battle that Private William Sydney Faircloth was killed by mortar fire. Having no known grave, he is memorialized on the Cassino Memorial, in the Cassino War Cemetery.
